Flip Knife | Case Hardened Blue Gem Pattern Guide

The Flip Knife has been a fan favorite since the dawn of Counter-Strike. Cheap, classy, and boasting a slick animation, it has it all. It was popularized by top-tier AWPers back in the day, with kennyS and GuardiaN flaunting it while hitting ludicrous quickscopes.

Pairing that with the Case Hardened skin, we get some stunning Flip Knives dipped in blue. So, for the Flip Knife | Case Hardened there are multiple tier-1 patterns, starting with the top-tier pattern 670, which has over 95% playside blue. Talking about sales now, a well-worn variant of pattern 670 was sold for around $6,300 in 2023.

The second-best pattern, 321, comes close with about 92% playside blue. Tier-2 patterns, led by 828, feature close to 80% blue, while tier-3 patterns drop to the 70% range.

Let us now look at all the patterns and which tier they fall into:

Tier 1

670, 321, 151, 592, 661, 555

Tier 2

828, 955, 179, 387, 844, 168, 868, 363, 969, 750, 823, 103, 760

Tier 3

996, 791, 905, 169, 695, 532, 577, 879, 770, 733, 715, 209, 872, 526, 456, 13, 681, 430, 189, 112, 887, 689, 28, 628, 228, 137, 878, 922, 4, 768, 479, 961, 690, 278, 429, 325

Tier 4

557, 426, 935, 892, 349, 575, 704, 648, 888, 724, 147, 481, 403, 450, 850, 775, 281, 82, 428, 396, 497, 795, 126, 2, 525, 344, 985, 81, 512, 468, 381, 74, 434, 849, 862, 847, 809, 310, 698, 447, 927, 65, 790, 948, 685, 453, 200, 978, 236, 970, 894, 306, 235, 645, 950, 172, 139, 519, 202, 333, 14, 149, 782, 814, 227, 463, 617, 9, 397, 389, 92, 178, 442, 493, 470, 708, 215, 261, 627, 443, 622, 564, 122, 34, 286, 187, 806, 843, 242, 48, 558, 788, 322