★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate in Battle-Scarred is the most rugged take on the dark blade and striped laminate grip. The handle bands are broken up on the raised parts and edges, and the stonewashed blade looks heavily scuffed. Since the design is already muted and grey, the heavy wear changes the mood more than the recognisability.

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

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

Both blades carry a dark grey stonewashed finish with a mottled, uneven texture and a slightly lighter edge toward the tip. The T-shaped handles are covered in wavy laminate stripes of black, grey and white that follow the curves of the grips and wrap around the finger cutouts.

The stripes are broken up across the grips, especially on raised parts, edges and the guard. The blades are heavily scuffed over most of their surface, and the swirl near the guard is only partly visible. In game the knife reads as a worn grey push dagger with a hint of striping. Some laminate pattern survives in the recessed areas of the handles.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–1

The float of ★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate ranges from 0 to 1; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–1 — 55% 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:

• Operation Riptide Case
• Dreams & Nightmares Case

Price by quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline:

• Factory New — 1.7× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 7% dearer
• Field-Tested — about the same
• Well-Worn — 1% dearer

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

Among 18 skins of the Shadow Daggers in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 17th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 21% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the chosen wear, since copies near the cleaner end keep noticeably sharper stripes.
• Inspect the rims of the grips and the edges of the finger openings, as the laminate fades there first.
• Look at the blade tip and edge in the inspect view, because scratches show early on the stonewashed steel.
• Note whether the knife carries a name tag and whether you want it, since knives do not take stickers.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players looking for the most affordable entry into this knife.
• Those who like a rough, heavily used aesthetic.
• The budget pick for owning the knife itself.