★ StatTrak™ Bowie Knife | Stained (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Bowie Knife | Stained puts a forced patina on a large sawback blade, with pale blue and white blotches spread over grey steel. In Factory New the stains have crisp outlines and the steel between them stays even. It is a quiet, cold-toned finish that reads as treated metal rather than paint.

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

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

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

How the skin looks in Factory New

The blade is covered in a forced patina: irregular pale blue and white blotches with darker grey patches over a steel base. The pattern runs from the clip point back past the sawback teeth to the guard, and the placement of the stains differs from copy to copy.

The patina is complete across the whole blade, with sharp edges to every stain. The cutting edge, tip and sawback teeth show no scratches. In game the blade reads as evenly mottled cold steel. The guard and pommel look bright and clean.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Bowie Knife | Stained ranges from 0 to 1; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 7% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops from Operation Wildfire Case as a rare special item.

Price by quality

By price this skin is 14th of 23 skins Covert Bowie Knife in this quality (the first being 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 look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the top of a grade look noticeably cleaner.
• Compare stain placement between copies, because the patina pattern differs on each blade.
• Inspect the cutting edge, tip and sawback teeth, as these lose the patina first.
• Look for a name tag and decide whether it suits you, since knives cannot carry stickers.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the patina complete and sharp across the whole blade.
• Players who inspect their knife often and notice every mark.
• The choice for those who want this finish without compromise.