★ StatTrak™ Bowie Knife | Ultraviolet (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The appeal of ★ Bowie Knife | Ultraviolet lies in its restraint: dark paint on the blade and handle with purple only on the fittings. Minimal Wear copies keep this contrast intact, with at most faint marks near the cutting edge that are hard to spot during play. It is a way to get the clean look without paying for the top grade.

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

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The blade is painted a dark charcoal-black from the clip point to the guard, with a lighter ground bevel along the cutting edge and the sawback teeth on the spine. The guard is solid purple, as is the cap on the pommel.

Small scuffs may appear on the cutting edge and the tip. The spine teeth can show tiny light points where the paint has thinned. The guard, pommel and grip usually stay clean. At normal distance in game it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Bowie Knife | Ultraviolet ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 11% 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 as a rare special item from:

• Spectrum Case
• Spectrum 2 Case

Price by quality

Among 23 skins of the Bowie Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 12th 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 1.7× dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float within the wear grade, since a low value keeps the edge and spine teeth noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the cutting edge, tip and sawback teeth first, as these lose paint before anything else.
• Check the purple guard and pommel cap for chips, because they carry the skin's accent colour.
• Note whether the knife is StatTrak™ and whether it has a name tag, as both change how the item reads.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look and are not chasing the top grade.
• Buyers who prefer to save compared to Factory New with almost no visual difference in game.
• Conclusion: a sensible balance between appearance and cost.