★ Karambit | Boreal Forest (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred is the most worn form of this forest camo karambit, where the steel underneath becomes a large part of the blade's look. The camo remains in broken patches across the flat of the blade, mixing with exposed metal. The grip and the overall silhouette stay intact, which keeps the knife recognisable.

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.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The blade carries a forest camouflage hydrographic in olive, khaki, dark green and brown blotches that cover the flat of the curved blade and continue onto the finger ring. The sharpened edge is left as polished steel, which gives a thin bright outline along the curve.

Large areas of the blade show bare steel, with the camo left in broken patches across the flat. The spine, tip and edge are worn through, and the finger ring is heavily scuffed. In game the blade looks rough and mixed between metal and camo. The grip is still the cleanest part of the knife.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of ★ Karambit | Boreal Forest is 0.06–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (47% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

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.

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 4.4× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 15% dearer
• Field-Tested — 2% cheaper
• Well-Worn — about the same

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

By price this skin is 16th of 18 skins Covert Karambit 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 12% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within its wear range, since the edge and tip of the blade show the difference first.
• Inspect the cutting edge, the tip and the spine in the inspect view, as these lose the camo before the rest of the blade.
• Look at the rim of the finger ring on worn copies, because it scuffs along with the blade.
• Decide whether the StatTrak™ version or a name tag matters to you before comparing offers.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget entry buyers who mainly want the karambit silhouette and animations.
• Players who like the mix of bare metal and broken camo.
• Conclusion: the entry grade for owning this knife.