★ Hand Wraps | Constrictor (Field-Tested)

The ★ Hand Wraps | Constrictor in Field-Tested (FT) are fingerless gloves with a snakeskin pattern for CS2. Extraordinary rank, with the star. This wear's float band is 0.15 to 0.38. The finish itself runs from 0.06 to 0.80 and comes in all five wears, and the FT band takes up about a third of that scale.

What the ★ Hand Wraps | Constrictor look like in Field-Tested

The base is brown leather on the palm and on the fingers, which are cut off short. Bands with a snakeskin pattern are wound over it. The scales are orange and amber, with sandy and gray-green patches, and the overall color is a warm reddish-orange. Valve says the wraps protect the knuckles and brace the wrist on impact.

On gloves, wear shows not as scratches on an edge but as rubbed fabric and leather at the folds. The wear is set when the gloves drop and does not change afterward.

What to check before buying

What to look at on the ★ Hand Wraps | Constrictor:

• float: the 0.15 to 0.38 band is stretched, so compare listings by the number rather than by the wear label;


• rubbing on the fabric and leather at the folds: that is where the wear can be read by eye.

What the ★ Hand Wraps | Constrictor cost in Field-Tested

Against the other wears of this finish:

• Factory New is about six times the price;


• Minimal Wear is a little more than double the price;


• Well-Worn costs the same;


• Battle-Scarred costs the same as well.

Among the twelve Hand Wraps finishes in this wear, Constrictor is in the bottom four by price. Arboreal, Giraffe and Desert Shamagh cost the same, Duct Tape is a tenth higher and Overprint twice as high. The top of the line is Badlands, Slaughter and Leather, which cost ten to fifteen times as much.

Getting the ★ Hand Wraps | Constrictor

The ★ Hand Wraps | Constrictor drop from the Operation Broken Fang Case, the Snakebite Case and the Recoil Case. A trade-up contract also yields a rare special item: five Covert skins become one item, and you cannot choose the model or the finish. A specific pair of wraps is bought as a ready listing.

Who this wear suits

Buying the ★ Hand Wraps | Constrictor in Field-Tested makes sense in three cases:

• you want Extraordinary-rank gloves with no surcharge for wear, since Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred cost the same;


• hands in wraps are in frame every round, unlike a knife, which is shown only on inspection;


• your CS2 loadout is built in reddish-orange and brown tones, and the snake pattern falls into the same palette.