About ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained
The ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained in Field-Tested is the wear-tier-with-character entry for the wood-stain finish on Butterfly. Same Bravo Collection (September 2013) origin as the MW version, same teal-and-brown ink-wash pattern lottery driven by seed - but the FT tier delivers it at a meaningful price discount while the flip animation still showcases the pattern dynamically on both blade faces.
How FT changes the read on Stained
Stained at FT shows wear texture across the steel substrate, particularly clustering on the blade edges and the play-face perimeter. The teal ink-pools and brown background stay at MW-comparable saturation - the wear sits between the ink, not through it - but the surrounding metal develops a slightly weathered cast. For Stained specifically, this works in the design's favour: the wood-stain reference implies use, and the FT character ages the laminate aesthetic in a coherent direction.
Why FT is the pattern-first buy on Butterfly Stained
Pattern-quality Butterfly Stained copies at FT carry meaningful discounts versus MW and FN while preserving the seed-defined teal distribution that drives valuation. For traders chasing a teal-dominant pattern across both flip faces without paying the higher-wear premium, FT is the working tier. The flip animation continues to surface both faces of the blade during inspect, so the pattern reads at full force - the wear tier is the discount, not the loss.
