★ Flip Knife | Black Laminate (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

★ Flip Knife | Black Laminate is a muted, practical finish where the stonewashed blade already looks weathered by design. In Battle-Scarred the wear goes furthest: the blade is heavily scratched and patchy, and the handle edges lose their crispness. Because the finish has no bright paint to lose, it still looks coherent and is the most affordable way into this knife.

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.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The back-swept blade has a stonewashed finish: dark grey steel covered in a fine, uneven mottled texture with lighter streaks. The spine near the base carries a row of serrations, and the pivot area is a darker, near-black metal.

Most of the blade surface is heavily scratched and patchy, with the edge, tip and serrations worn the most. The pivot area also shows wear. The handle loses crispness along its outline and grooves, but its shape and layered look remain. In game the knife looks battered yet still matches the muted style of the finish.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–1

The whole float range of ★ Flip Knife | Black Laminate is 0–1; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–1 segment (55% 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:

• Gamma Case
• Gamma 2 Case

What it costs in each quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline:

• Factory New — 1.8× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 8% dearer
• Field-Tested — 3% dearer
• Well-Worn — 1% dearer

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

Among 18 skins of the Flip Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 10th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 14% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the blade edge and tip show the difference first.
• Inspect the serrated spine and the tip in close-up, as these parts reveal wear sooner than the flat of the blade.
• Look at the handle's raised edges and grooves on worn copies to see how much of the laminate texture is left.
• Note whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag that you would want to keep.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players looking for the most affordable entry into this knife.
• Fans of a battered look on a finish that was weathered by design.
• Conclusion: the budget pick that still looks coherent in game.