★ Huntsman Knife | Black Laminate (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Huntsman Knife | Black Laminate pairs a dark stonewashed blade with a layered laminate handle in light grey and black. The handle's swirling contours around the finger grooves are the detail most people recognise. In Factory New the laminate lines are crisp and the blade keeps an even, mottled dark grey.

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 Factory New

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. The grip is a laminate of light grey and black layers that form wavy stripes and loops, most visible around the finger grooves. On worn copies the edges of the handle, the raised ridges between the finger grooves and the pommel lose finish first, followed by the spine teeth and blade edges.

The laminate layers on the grip are sharp and evenly contrasted, with no scuffs on the edges. The blade's stonewash texture is uniform from tanto point to guard. In game the knife reads as dark and tidy, with the pale grip loops standing out clearly. Everything, including the bolts and pommel, looks clean.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of ★ Huntsman Knife | Black Laminate is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% 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:

• Operation Riptide Case
• Dreams & Nightmares Case

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 1.5× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 1.7× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 1.7× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 1.7× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 21st of 23 skins Covert Huntsman 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 2.3× dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• 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 should buy Factory New

• Players who want the crispest laminate contrast on the grip.
• Collectors who keep knives in the cleanest grade.
• The choice for a flawless look of a quiet, dark knife.