★ Gut Knife | Lore (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This Gut Knife pairs a warm gold blade covered in interlaced knotwork with a deep green handle. At Minimal Wear the finish keeps its colour and pattern, and any marks are small enough that they mostly go unnoticed in hand. It offers nearly the full look of the cleanest grade at a step below it.

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.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

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.

Small specks may appear at the very tip and on the gut hook. The knotwork remains complete and the gold keeps its tone. At normal viewing distance it is hard to tell apart from Factory New. The handle stays clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of ★ Gut Knife | Lore ranges from 0 to 0.65; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 12% 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:

• Gamma Case
• Gamma 2 Case

Price by quality

By price this skin is 10th of 23 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 1.5× dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• 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 Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Buyers who inspect knives in game rather than in close-up screenshots.
• A sensible balance of appearance and cost.