★ Nomad Knife | Scorched (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Nomad Knife carries a smoky, sun-dappled pattern that blends dark and light greys into a restrained camouflage. Minimal Wear copies keep that look almost intact, with only faint marks near the tip and edge. For most viewers the knife looks close to new.

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.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The blade is covered in soft, overlapping blotches of charcoal, mid grey and pale beige, sprayed so that the transitions stay blurred. The ground edge bevel stays a lighter silver and contrasts with the smoky flat of the blade.

Light scuffs may appear on the very tip and along the cutting edge. The flat of the blade and the frame remain clean. At normal viewing distance the knife is hard to tell apart from Factory New.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ Nomad Knife | 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:

• Shattered Web Case
• Fracture Case

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 14th 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 28% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade keep noticeably more paint.
• Look at the placement of the dark blotches on the blade, as the pattern seed changes how the smoky patches fall.
• Inspect the tip, edge and spine first, because these areas lose paint before the rest of the knife.
• Check for a name tag and a StatTrak™ counter if either matters to you.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-new look without chasing the narrow Factory New range.
• Collectors satisfied with marks that are hard to spot in game.
• A balanced pick between condition and availability.