★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Case Hardened finish on the ★ Nomad Knife mixes blue and violet patches with warm gold areas across a broad blade. At Minimal Wear the difference from a fresh copy is limited to faint marks near the tip and edge that are hard to spot in game. The colour pattern itself stays intact and saturated.

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

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The finish covers the blade of the Nomad Knife with a heat-tempered pattern: blue and purple patches spread from the tip, while warmer gold and beige tones gather toward the spine and the guard area. The handle keeps a polished steel-grey frame with a pivot screw and a row of small screws, and black textured composite inserts fill the grip.

Tiny marks may appear right at the tip and along the cutting edge. The rest of the blade keeps its saturated pattern without visible changes. At normal inspect distance it is hard to tell apart from Factory New. The handle remains clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The float of ★ Nomad Knife | Case Hardened ranges from 0 to 1; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 8% 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:

• Shattered Web Case
• Fracture Case

Price by quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 2.1× dearer
• Field-Tested — 21% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 24% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 25% cheaper

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

By price this skin is 7th of 17 skins Covert Nomad Knife in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 33% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Look at the pattern on both sides of the blade, since the amount of blue versus gold changes from copy to copy.
• Check where the float sits within the grade, because lower values keep the edge and tip cleaner.
• Inspect the cutting edge and tip closely, as these lose colour first.
• Check for a name tag if you prefer the original item name.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Buyers who want a near-clean blade without paying for the top grade.
• Players for whom faint marks at the tip do not matter in game.
• A sensible balance between condition and cost.