★ Karambit | Boreal Forest (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This is the Karambit in a woodland camo print, a muted finish that relies on the shape of the claw-like blade rather than on bright colour. At Minimal Wear the camo blotches still read as one unbroken pattern, and any marks are small enough to stay hidden in the busy print. For most players it looks the same as a clean copy in the hand.

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.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

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.

Small scuffs may appear right at the cutting edge and the very tip of the blade. The blotches on the flat of the blade and on the ring stay intact. In normal play the marks blend into the camo and are hard to see. The grip and the overall pattern look as clean as in Factory New.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ Karambit | Boreal Forest is 0.06–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% 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 Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 3.8× dearer
• Field-Tested — 15% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 13% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 13% 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 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 3% 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 should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a clean-looking karambit without paying for the top grade.
• Buyers who know the camo hides small marks at the edge.
• Conclusion: a sensible balance between look and cost.