★ Gut Knife | Crimson Web (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Gut Knife | Crimson Web is a Covert knife with a red base coat and a black spider-web hydrographic across the blade and frame. In Factory New the red stays deep and even, and the thin black web lines read sharply against it. This grade sits only at the very start of the float range, so it is the cleanest look the finish can have.

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.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Factory New

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. The handle uses dark grey scales with rivets, framed by red-painted edges that run down to the lanyard hole. The web pattern is placed differently on each copy, so the number and position of webs on the blade vary. On worn copies the red paint flakes off first along the spine, the gut hook, the cutting edge and the base of the blade, exposing silver steel.

The red coat is complete over the blade, hook and frame. The black web lines are thin and sharp with no breaks. In game the knife shows a solid red surface with clear webbing. Every part of the finish looks clean.

Factory New wear: float 0.06–0.07

The float of ★ Gut Knife | Crimson Web ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Factory New quality covers 0.06–0.07 — 1% 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:

• 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.

Price by quality

Among 23 skins of the Gut Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 3.3× cheaper 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 the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the cleanest version of the web finish.
• Buyers looking for a copy with well-placed webs on the blade.
• Conclusion: the choice for those who value a fully intact pattern.