★ Gut Knife | Lore (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred Lore keeps the gold and green identity, but the blade carries heavy wear across most of its surface. Much of the knotwork is broken, and bare metal dominates the edge, the tip and the hook. It is the most affordable way to carry the design and has a distinctly battered character.

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

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

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

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The blade is painted gold with a band of Celtic knotwork that follows the spine from the gut hook down to the tip and runs back along the cutting edge. Darker patina spots near the spine and hook give the gold an antique look even on a clean copy.

Most of the blade shows bare metal, with only fragments of gold and knotwork left toward the middle. The hook, tip and edge are worn through completely. The frame and pommel are heavily rubbed and the green scales carry scratches. In game only the overall gold and green palette hints at the original design.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.65

The float of ★ Gut Knife | Lore ranges from 0 to 0.65; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.65 — 31% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Gamma Case
• Gamma 2 Case

Price by quality

By price this skin is 3rd of 18 skins Covert Gut 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 1.5× dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since lower floats keep more gold on the tip and hook.
• Inspect the cutting edge and the gut hook in game, as these lose paint first.
• Look at whether the knotwork near the spine is still intact on worn copies.
• Note whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag you want to keep.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players seeking the most affordable entry to this knife.
• Fans of heavily battered finishes.
• A budget pick where the palette matters more than the pattern.