★ Karambit | Blue Steel (Field-Tested)

★ Karambit | Blue Steel in Field-Tested (FT): a polished blade with a bluish cast and a matte olive-gray handle. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. In CS2 the karambit drops from eleven cases, running from the CS:GO Weapon Case to the Revolver Case. The finish has a float scale of 0.00 to 1.00 split into five wears, and Field-Tested takes 23% of its length.

What the ★ Karambit | Blue Steel looks like in Field-Tested

The curved blade gleams in light steel and darkens toward the base into blue. The grip and the finger ring are matte gray-green, and bluish steel shows on the ring. Valve writes that the knife is cold-blued.

On polished steel, wear reads along the edge and at the point. That is to be expected in Field-Tested, and the float is set when the knife drops and never changes after.

What to check before buying

On a listing of this karambit, check these points:

• float: inside 0.15 to 0.38 the condition of the steel changes visibly;


• applied name: the karambit takes a name tag but has no sticker slots;


• the wear in the title: Factory New (FN) costs about 70% more, Minimal Wear (MW) 7% more.

What the ★ Karambit | Blue Steel costs in Field-Tested

Well-Worn (WW) is 11% cheaper, and Battle-Scarred (BS) 14%.

Among Covert karambits this finish is third from the top by price. Only Autotronic and Slaughter cost more. Case Hardened sits just below, Black Laminate and Crimson Web well below, and the cheapest of all are Boreal Forest, Safari Mesh and Forest DDPAT.

Getting the ★ Karambit | Blue Steel

This karambit drops from eleven cases. They include the CS:GO Weapon Case, the eSports 2013 Case, the Operation Bravo Case, the Operation Phoenix Weapon Case, the eSports 2014 Summer Case and the Revolver Case. Wear comes out at random. The remaining route is the contract: five Covert skins from one collection yield a rare special item, and neither the model nor the finish can be chosen in it.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak™ version of the ★ Karambit | Blue Steel exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested is worth buying for this karambit if:

• you want a blue polished blade on a dark handle at a price below the upper wears;


• you choose the float within 0.15 to 0.38 and can accept visible scuffing;


• your CS2 loadout is put together from cold steel tones.