★ Nomad Knife | Blue Steel (Field-Tested)

★ Nomad Knife | Blue Steel in Field-Tested (FT): a CS2 Nomad with a blade the color of blued steel, dark along the spine and lighter across the flat. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. Blue Steel drops from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case. There are five wears: the float runs from 0.00 to 1.00, and Field-Tested takes up 23% of that scale. For this wear of the ★ Nomad Knife | Blue Steel the band sits between 0.15 and 0.38.

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

The blade is broad and sturdy, with a sharp point. It is a single tone: dark blue at the spine, a pale blue-gray across the flat, with soft shifts of shade. Valve writes that the knife has been cold-blued. The handle is silvery metal, with a row of round holes down the scale and a black ridged insert.

In Field-Tested the marks of wear are already present, sitting on the point and along the cutting edge. Once a wear has dropped, it does not grow.

Where the ★ Nomad Knife | Blue Steel came from

The model came out on November 19, 2019. On that day Valve opened Operation Shattered Web and added four knives, among them the Paracord, Survival and Skeleton knives. The finish comes from the Shattered Web Case and from a second one, the Fracture Case.

What to check before buying

Before taking this Nomad, look at these items:

• the name on the blade: the Nomad accepts a name tag, while stickers do not attach to the knife;


• the edition: the StatTrak™ version sits in the catalog as a separate item.

The 0.15 to 0.38 band leaves room to choose: nearer 0.15 the copies are cleaner.

What the ★ Nomad Knife | Blue Steel costs in Field-Tested

Factory New costs 1.98 times as much, and Minimal Wear 1.09 times. Well-Worn is 1.09 times cheaper, Battle-Scarred 1.08 times.

Of the thirteen Nomad finishes priced in this wear, Blue Steel is fourth from the top. Crimson Web, Case Hardened and Slaughter stand above it: Crimson Web costs 5% more, Case Hardened a tenth more, Slaughter 1.5 times as much. Stained is a fifth cheaper, while Safari Mesh costs less than half as much.

Getting the ★ Nomad Knife | Blue Steel

The knife drops from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case, and the wear is set when the case opens. Through a contract, five Covert skins from one collection are turned into a rare special item, but the knife and the finish cannot be assigned in it. For a particular copy, buy a listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

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

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested is the right pick for this Nomad if at least one of these applies:

• you want a dark blue blade without variegation and a silvery handle to go with it;


• your CS2 loadout is built on cold steel tones;


• you do not need to pay almost double for Factory New, and marks on the point are acceptable.