★ Gut Knife | Crimson Web (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred ★ Gut Knife | Crimson Web keeps the same red base and web motif, but heavily worn down. Much of the blade shows bare metal through the paint, and the web lines survive mainly in patches. It reads as a rough, used knife with a red tint rather than a crisp web design.

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

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The blade, including the gut hook on the spine, is painted red with a black spider-web hydrographic and a semi-gloss topcoat. The serrated section of the spine and the bolster area near the handle carry the same red finish.

Large areas of the blade show bare steel, including much of the spine, the hook and the edge. The web pattern survives only in fragments. In game the knife reads as a worn red blade with scattered black lines. The handle scales stay recognisable, while the painted surfaces carry the heaviest wear.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of ★ Gut Knife | Crimson Web is 0.06–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (47% 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:

• CS:GO Weapon Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• CS:GO Weapon Case 2 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• CS:GO Weapon Case 3 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• Operation Bravo Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• Winter Offensive Weapon Case (on sale since Dec 18, 2013)
• eSports 2013 Case (on sale since Jul 9, 2014)

And 5 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 5th of 18 skins Covert Gut Knife in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 1.7× dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a lower value keeps more red on the spine and hook.
• Look at the web placement on the blade, as the number and position of webs differ between copies.
• Inspect the gut hook, spine and blade base, because the paint chips there first.
• Note whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it has a name tag.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget entry to ★ Gut Knife | Crimson Web.
• Players who like a heavily worn, rough look.
• Conclusion: the entry option when the model matters more than the pattern.