★ Butterfly Knife | Black Laminate (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The knife keeps its recognisable look in Minimal Wear: a mottled grey blade, a dark spine and black slotted handles framing the laminate. Any marks are faint and sit on the edges of the handles, which rarely draw attention even during the inspect animation. It gives almost the same picture as the cleanest grade at a lower step.

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 Minimal Wear

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.

Tiny scratches may appear on the outer edges of the handles and at the tip of the spine. The cutouts, inlays and blade remain clean. At normal viewing distance the difference from Factory New is hard to spot. Close inspection is the only way to see the marks.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ Butterfly Knife | Black Laminate is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Operation Riptide Case
• Dreams & Nightmares Case

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 26% dearer
• Field-Tested — 8% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 13% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 15% cheaper

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

Among 23 skins of the Butterfly Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 14th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 2% 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 the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-perfect look without paying for the top grade.
• Buyers who do not mind faint marks visible only up close.
• A sensible balance between appearance and cost.