If you collect Lore-themed knives, the Lore finish on the push knife is less about flashy PBR and more about readable knot work and brushy, custom-painted surfaces. Official copy is blunt: custom paint built around rope knots. That’s the whole identity—no need to hunt for hidden gradients.

Shopping take

Worth a look if you want a high-recognition everyday switch that still fits a Lore set, or if you’re filling the “same theme, different blade shape” slot in a display loadout. Pass or budget hard if you only care about zoomed-in thumbnail pop on listing pages; this skin pays off in first-person inspect, not in a static icon.

Release anchor

Dropped 21 September 2021 with Operation Riptide and has stayed in the item pool since. For price history and float hunting, treat that date as the long-run baseline—Riptide also pushed Lore variants across several knife silhouettes, so forum chatter often compares layout differences between shapes, not just rarity.

Who designed it

Valve in-house. Lore family skins share symbol language and aging logic; knots get recomposed per weapon form. Choosing this push knife means buying Valve’s take on knots on this silhouette—tighter series cohesion than most community workshop lines, different approval and style rules entirely.

Spec sheet (for filters)

• Category: knife (push)
• Finish: Lore (cu_push_lore)
• Rarity: Legendary
• Style: Custom hand-painted
• Float range: 0.00–1.00 (Factory New through Battle-Scarred)

Full float span means metal show-through and line crispness swing hard by tier. Listing photos lie sometimes; always pair float number + exact pattern template when you shortlist.

How to inspect before you pay

1. Spin it in-game. Watch whether knot loops stay complete on each face and whether edges look cut off or muddy—that beats a cropped marketplace screenshot.
2. Template lottery at the same float. Two “similar wear” listings can place knots differently; decide if you want clean linework or a heavier used BS look before you commit.
3. Price sanity on C5GAME and Steam Market. Filter by name and wear band, skim recent clears, then decide if the Lore premium over plain push knives is fair for your play hours.
4. Already own Lore siblings? Side-by-side inspect in inventory—same theme, different canvas—is half the fun and helps you spot a template you’ll actually keep.

Expert muttering

Legendary tag sounds loud, but on push knives the market often prices shape + float + knot placement louder than the color name. I’d rather take a slightly higher float with centered knots you can read in inspect than a FN where the rope gets eaten by wear on the grip side. And if you’re building a Lore row in the case, this piece is the theme glue—not the flex king—plan spend accordingly.