★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This version of ★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate keeps the full laminate look: wavy monochrome bands on the handles and a mottled dark finish on the blades. In Minimal Wear any marks sit mostly on the outer rims of the grips and are hard to spot outside the inspect view. It gives nearly the Factory New impression at a cleaner-than-average condition.

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 Minimal Wear

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.

Small scuffs may appear on the outer rims of the grips and the tip of the blade. The laminate bands remain bright and readable, and the swirl near the guard stays intact. At normal distance in game the difference from Factory New is barely noticeable. The handle faces and most of the blade look clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ Shadow Daggers | Black Laminate is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% 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 Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 1.6× dearer
• Field-Tested — 7% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 5% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 7% cheaper

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

Among 23 skins of the Shadow Daggers in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 22nd by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 29% 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 the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Buyers who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Players who rarely inspect up close and care about the in-game view.
• A sensible balance of condition and cost.