★ Skeleton Knife | Case Hardened (Field-Tested)

The ★ Skeleton Knife | Case Hardened in Field-Tested (FT) is a CS2 skeleton knife with a blade covered in colorful hardening spots, where blue, gold and pink-purple meet. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. The colorful skeleton knife comes from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case. The finish's float scale runs from 0.00 to 1.00 and holds five wears, and this wear sits between 0.15 and 0.38.

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

Swirls of heat tint cover the blade: blue, golden and pink-lilac spots flow into one another. The finger ring is filled with the same swirl. The handle is wrapped in black tape with ribbed plates. Valve says the finish comes from hardening with charcoal at high temperature, and it adds a line to the effect that a little color never hurt anyone.

From 0.15 to 0.38, the scuffs on the ★ Skeleton Knife | Case Hardened build up noticeably. The wear is locked into the item when it drops.

Where the ★ Skeleton Knife | Case Hardened came from

The skeleton knife was released on November 19, 2019, with Operation Shattered Web. In its note Valve named four new knives, and the skeleton knife is among them. The Case Hardened finish sits in the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case.

What to check before buying

Choosing a particular ★ Skeleton Knife | Case Hardened comes down to these points:

• float: near 0.15 the colored spots are cleaner, near 0.38 there are more scuffs;


• wear in the listing title: Factory New (FN) is a separate product and costs more than two times as much;


• name tag: a skeleton knife accepts one, and the text stays on it after the purchase.

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

The gap between the wears of this finish is noticeable:

• Factory New costs 2.13 times as much;


• Minimal Wear costs 1.30 times as much;


• Well-Worn is 1.07 times cheaper;


• Battle-Scarred is 1.07 times cheaper.

Across thirteen skeleton knife finishes, Case Hardened ranks third from the top: ten finishes cost less and two cost more. Crimson Web is 19 percent higher, and Slaughter costs more still. Blue Steel is 9 percent lower, Damascus Steel 24, and Stained and Ultraviolet 27. The cheapest are Safari Mesh, Boreal Forest and Forest DDPAT.

Getting the ★ Skeleton Knife | Case Hardened

This skeleton knife drops from the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case, and the wear is drawn at random when the case is opened. A contract also exists: five Covert skins from one collection yield a rare special item, but Case Hardened cannot be ordered through it. To own a particular copy, you buy it as a ready listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

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

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested is worth choosing for the ★ Skeleton Knife | Case Hardened for these reasons:

• you want a skeleton knife with blue and gold on the blade;


• your CS2 loadout is built on black, and the colorful blade stays its main splash of color;


• you need a price below Factory New, which costs 2.13 times as much.