★ StatTrak™ Bowie Knife | Boreal Forest (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This is the Bowie Knife with the Boreal Forest hydrographic: muted greens and earth tones spread across a broad blade with a sawback spine. At Minimal Wear the camo still reads as a complete pattern, with at most small specks of steel near the tip or the edge. It suits buyers who want a knife that looks clean in hand without insisting on the top grade.

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

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The camouflage covers the blade: irregular blotches of olive, khaki, dark grey-brown, pale yellow-green and teal overlap in layers from the tip to the guard. The sawback spine with its row of teeth carries the same print, and the teeth stand out against the lighter blotches.

Wear is limited to small specks along the cutting edge and at the very tip. The sawback teeth may show a faint touch of steel on their points, visible only up close. In game the knife looks practically identical to Factory New. The flat of the blade and the whole camo layout remain clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Bowie Knife | Boreal Forest ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 11% 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 is the rare special item of Operation Wildfire Case — knives and gloves drop far less often than the regular contents.

Price by quality

Among 23 skins of the Bowie Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 15th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter. Right now the StatTrak™ version is 2× dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• The float range does not start at the very bottom, so compare the actual float of a Factory New copy instead of expecting a perfect blade.
• Inspect the cutting edge, the tip and the sawback teeth, because the camo print wears to bare steel there first.
• The pattern placement changes how much teal and light green shows on the visible side of the blade, so check the in-game preview if a specific look matters.
• Check whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag if either matters to you.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a knife that looks clean in game without aiming for the top grade.
• Buyers who accept tiny specks on the edge in exchange for an otherwise intact pattern.
• A sensible balance between a clean look and a less demanding condition.