★ Karambit | Doppler (Factory New) Phase 1

Skin overview

★ Karambit | Doppler (Phase 1) is a curved claw-shaped knife with a candy-coated marbled finish in deep blue and violet, broken up by pale silver clouds and a touch of magenta near the guard. In Factory New the coating reads as a continuous glassy layer, so the colour transitions stay smooth from the spine to the edge. This is the grade for buyers who want the finish exactly as it was painted.

Item type: knife. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear.

Appearance in Factory New

The blade carries the full Doppler finish: deep blue and violet tones swirled with pale silver-blue clouds, shifting to magenta and pink close to the guard. The marbling is irregular, so dark and light areas sit in different places from copy to copy. The finger ring is coated in the same blue-violet gradient, while the handle stays dark grey with a fine texture and pronounced finger grooves. On worn copies the coating goes first at the blade tip and along the thin cutting edge, then on the outer edges of the ring.

In Factory New the candy coat is intact across the blade, the tip and the finger ring. Copies near the upper edge of the range can show a barely visible speck at the very tip, but it does not affect the overall look. At normal distance in game the blade reads as a clean blue-violet surface with bright silver highlights. The handle has no paint to lose and looks the same in every grade.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of ★ Karambit | Doppler Phase 1 ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 88% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Chroma Case (on sale since Jan 8, 2015)
• Chroma 2 Case (on sale since Apr 15, 2015)
• Chroma 3 Case

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills.

What to check before buying

• Look at the screenshot of the specific copy, since the placement of dark blue, violet and silver areas differs from pattern to pattern.
• Check the blade tip and the cutting edge, where the first marks appear.
• Note the float position within the grade, as Minimal Wear copies sit just above Factory New.
• Check whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it has a name tag, as both change how the item is listed.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want an untouched blade and a clean tip.
• Players who often use the inspect animation and want the colours at their brightest.
• Conclusion: the grade for those who will not compromise on condition.