★ Butterfly Knife | Black Laminate (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred is the most affordable way into this Butterfly Knife finish, with heavy loss of black coating on the handles and spine. The laminate inlays turn duller, yet the black-and-grey palette survives, so the knife still reads as dark and restrained. The butterfly animations stay the same in every condition.

Item type: knife. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The blade has a stonewashed finish: mottled grey steel with darker clouding and a brighter polished edge, topped by a black spine and black serrations near the pivot. Both handles are black with round cutouts along their length, and the open slots show inlays of layered laminate in grey, white and near-black stripes.

Large patches of black coating are gone from the handles and spine, leaving a mix of black and bare metal. The laminate inlays are dull and heavily scuffed. The blade is dark and blotchy across its surface. From a distance the knife still reads as black and grey, but up close the damage is obvious.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–1

The float of ★ Butterfly Knife | Black Laminate ranges from 0 to 1; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–1 — 55% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Operation Riptide Case
• Dreams & Nightmares Case

Price by quality

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 49% dearer
• Minimal Wear — 18% dearer
• Field-Tested — 8% dearer
• Well-Worn — 3% dearer

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 6th of 18 skins Covert Butterfly Knife in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 1% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float in Field-Tested or Minimal Wear keeps the handle edges noticeably cleaner.
• Look at the handle edges and the rims of the cutouts in the inspect view, as this is where the black coating goes first.
• Check the laminate inlays for scuffs on more worn copies, because they carry the skin's main contrast.
• Note whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it has a name tag.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget buyers who want their first Butterfly Knife.
• Players who care about the animations more than the finish.
• The entry point into this skin.