★ Karambit | Scorched (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This karambit carries a soot-and-ash spray pattern that keeps the whole knife in a calm monochrome range. At Minimal Wear the finish is still almost intact, with at most faint marks at the blade tip or along the edge that the grey tones largely hide. It gives nearly the same look as the cleanest grade on a knife that is used rather than kept.

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

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The blade is covered in pale silver-grey paint with soft darker clouds that drift towards the spine and the base. The grip carries a darker gunmetal and charcoal tone with smoky stains spread over the finger grooves and the textured area near the guard.

Small specks of bare metal can appear at the blade tip and along the cutting edge. The grip, finger grooves and ring usually remain untouched. At normal viewing distance these marks blend into the grey palette and are hard to spot. The pattern itself looks as complete as on the cleanest copies.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ Karambit | Scorched is 0.06–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% 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

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 1.8× dearer
• Field-Tested — 16% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 13% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 17% cheaper

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

Among 23 skins of the Karambit in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 18th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 5% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the grade, since low-float copies of a worn grade keep noticeably more paint on the edge and tip.
• Inspect the cutting edge, blade tip and ring rim, as these lose paint first.
• Compare the light-to-dark balance of the pattern on the blade, because the smoky patches are placed differently on each copy.
• Decide whether you want the StatTrak™ version and check for a name tag before buying.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Buyers who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Players who inspect their knife often but do not mind tiny edge marks.
• A sensible middle ground between appearance and cost.