★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened (Field-Tested)

The ★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened in Field-Tested (FT) is a folding CS2 knife with a colorful blade and a silver-and-black handle. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. It drops from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case. The finish has the full float scale, 0.00 to 1.00, which gives five wears, and Field-Tested occupies the band 0.15 to 0.38.

What the ★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened looks like in Field-Tested

The blade is colored differently in different places. Near the tip, blue, purple and pinkish tones sit side by side, toward the heel the metal turns a pale golden straw, and the cutting edge stays steel. The handle is composite: the plate with the serrated edge is silver, and the insert beside it is black and ribbed. Valve says the color comes from hardening with charcoal at high temperature, and the finish's caption says a little color never hurt anyone.

For this wear the ★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened has a float of 0.15 to 0.38. The colored surface of the blade is already touched by wear, and the tip and the raised edges of the handle go first. The wear is set at the drop, and the knife keeps it for good.

What to check before buying

Several things separate one ★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened listing from another:

• float: listings within 0.15 to 0.38 differ noticeably in appearance;


• name tag: the Nomad can take one, but stickers are not available;


• wear in the listing title: the five wears are separate products, and the price differs noticeably between them.

What the ★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened costs in Field-Tested

Factory New costs 2.24 times as much, and Minimal Wear 1.12 times. Well-Worn is 1.08 times cheaper than Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred 1.13 times cheaper, so the price keeps falling down the scale.

Among Nomad finishes in this wear, Case Hardened is second of 13: only Slaughter costs more, about 1.4 times as much. Crimson Web is 5 percent cheaper and Blue Steel 10. Damascus Steel is a fifth cheaper, and Stained a little over a quarter. The cheapest finishes on the model are Safari Mesh, Forest DDPAT and Boreal Forest.

Getting the ★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened

The Nomad Knife in this finish drops from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case, and the wear comes out random. The second route is the contract: five Covert skins from one collection give one rare special item, but chance decides which model drops. A particular Nomad is bought as a ready listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

Yes, a StatTrak version of the ★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested suits the ★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened if:

• you want a colorful knife among the Nomad finishes, and Slaughter is out of budget;


• a CS2 loadout is put together on blue, purple and gold;


• the price gap to Factory New matters more to you than an untouched colored surface.