★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate pairs a stonewashed grey-black blade with a striped laminate grip, so the finish already has a used, textured character. In Field-Tested the light bands on the handles start to lose some contrast at the edges and cutouts, which blends naturally with the rough blade texture. The overall black-and-white look stays easy to recognise in hand.

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.

Appearance in Field-Tested

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.

Wear becomes visible along the grip edges, around the finger openings and on the guard, where the white stripes lose some brightness. The blade picks up scratches toward the tip and along the edge, adding to its rough texture. In game the knife still reads as a clear black-and-white striped design. The central areas of the handles keep most of their contrast.

Field-Tested quality — float range 0.15–0.38

The whole float range of ★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate is 0–1; Field-Tested takes the 0.15–0.38 segment (23% 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:

• Operation Riptide Case
• Dreams & Nightmares Case

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Field-Tested quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 1.7× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 8% dearer
• Well-Worn — 2% dearer
• Battle-Scarred — about the same

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

By price this skin is 17th of 18 skins Covert Shadow Daggers in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 21% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• 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 should buy Field-Tested

• Players who like a knife that looks used and textured.
• Buyers looking for a mid-range entry into this finish.
• A practical pick where wear suits the design.