★ Huntsman Knife | Black Laminate (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred suits this finish better than most, since the blade is meant to look rough and stonewashed anyway. The laminate handle carries the heaviest wear, with the layered pattern broken up by scrapes. It is the most rugged version of a knife that never relied on bright colours.

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.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The blade is dark grey with a mottled stonewashed texture, a tanto point, a long fuller groove and a row of saw teeth along the spine. The guard and pommel are dark metal with small black bolts.

Heavy wear covers most of the grip, breaking up the layered pattern on the ridges, edges and pommel. The blade carries scraping across the spine, edges and tip on top of the stonewash. In game it reads as a rough, dark knife with a faded striped handle. Only the deepest recesses of the grip keep the original laminate look.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–1

The float of ★ Huntsman Knife | Black Laminate ranges from 0 to 1; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–1 — 55% 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:

• Operation Riptide Case
• Dreams & Nightmares Case

Price by quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline:

• Factory New — 1.7× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 13% dearer
• Field-Tested — about the same
• Well-Worn — about the same

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 18 skins of the Huntsman Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 14th 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 20% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the full range is available and copies within one grade can differ.
• Look at the handle edges and the ridges between the finger grooves, as they show wear before the blade does.
• Inspect the spine teeth and the tanto tip on more worn copies.
• Check whether the knife is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Budget entry buyers who want a knife above all.
• Fans of a rough, heavily used aesthetic.
• The most affordable way into a finish that tolerates wear well.