Shopping take

Clear Water (hy_ocean_knife_90) is a rare knife finish built around full-surface blue camouflage. It is not a loud flex skin; it is the kind of cool-tone melee you pick when you want a blue loadout without leaning on stickers or neon contrast.

Hydrographics stretch with the blade curve and edges, so highlights and shadow lines shift as you rotate in inspect. A static screenshot only shows one roll—always inspect several copies before you commit.

Wear 0.0–0.5: near the low end, blue reads more solid and camo edges stay crisp; as float climbs, base metal bleeds through, blocks can fade or break, and the vibe moves from clean and cold to battle-worn steel. When you compare listings on C5GAME or the Steam Market, pay extra attention to the spine and guard—that is where pattern density usually decides whether a copy feels “full blue” or “patchy.”

Tradeable since 2021-09-21, it slots neatly into a 2021 blue-camo knife shelf if you collect by year.

Verdict: Worth buying if you want a daily-carry blue knife and you are willing to hunt pattern + float. Skip impulse buys on the first pretty thumbnail; the same skin name can look totally different on the flip animation.

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Same finish name, different hydro roll: some knives keep a big blue wedge on the turn, others lose camo on the guard and your eye drops to gray metal mid-inspect. I would rather take 0.15–0.25 with intact guard blocks than chase 0.03 with a hollow spine—Clear Water sells the calm blue mass, not factory-new bragging rights.

Pair it with cool-tone rifles if you care about swap-to-knife color continuity; the skin is doing aesthetic work, not single-element hype.

Quick specs

• Category: knife
• Finish: Clear Water (hy_ocean_knife_90)
• Rarity: rare
• Technique: hydrographic
• Wear: 0.0 ~ 0.5

What to check in inspect

• Blade corner: does a large blue panel survive the spin?
• Guard: is camo continuous or already chipped to metal?
• Spine: still dense blue or mostly worn through?

Rotate, shortlist three floats on C5GAME / Steam, then pick minty blue vs metallic veteran—both are valid; just do not mix them up on checkout.