★ Karambit | Boreal Forest (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

★ Karambit | Boreal Forest is a camouflage knife, and a camouflage print hides early wear well. In Field-Tested the olive and brown patches are still clearly visible, while bare steel starts to show along the edge and near the tip. The result looks like a field tool that has seen use, which suits the forest theme.

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 Field-Tested

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.

Bare steel becomes visible along the cutting edge and around the tip, and light wear starts on the spine. The outer rim of the finger ring may show first scratches. Most of the camo on the flat of the blade is still in place and reads well at normal distance. The grip remains clean.

Field-Tested wear: float 0.15–0.38

The whole float range of ★ Karambit | Boreal Forest is 0.06–0.8; Field-Tested takes the 0.15–0.38 segment (31% 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:

• 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

Taking Field-Tested as the baseline:

• Factory New — 4.5× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 18% dearer
• Well-Worn — 2% dearer
• Battle-Scarred — 2% dearer

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

Among 18 skins of the Karambit in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 16th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 15% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• 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 the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players who want the karambit shape for everyday play.
• Buyers who like a used, field-worn look that fits a camo knife.
• Conclusion: a practical choice where the camo still reads well.