★ StatTrak™ Butterfly Knife | Scorched (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This Scorched Butterfly Knife keeps the same muted mix of black, grey and sand tones that defines the finish. Minimal Wear is the practical grade for buyers who want a clean-looking knife: any marks are small and sit mostly near the blade edge and tip. In hand the finish looks almost identical to a fresh copy.

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

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The blade is covered in irregular spray blotches of charcoal black, mid grey and pale sand, with a lighter streak usually crossing the middle and darker patches near the spine and tip. Both handles carry the same palette, mostly dark with long tan streaks running along their length, and the round cut-outs break up the surface.

Minimal Wear may show tiny specks of bare steel along the blade edge and at the tip. The rest of the blade and the handles keep full paint coverage. At normal viewing distance the difference from Factory New is hard to notice. The handle edges and cut-outs remain clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Butterfly Knife | Scorched 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 Breakout Weapon Case (on sale since Jun 23, 2014) — knives and gloves drop far less often than the regular contents.

Price by quality

Among 23 skins of the Butterfly Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 21st 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 10% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since lower values keep more paint on the blade edge and tip.
• Look at how the dark and light blotches fall on the blade, as the pattern placement changes how dark or pale a copy looks.
• On worn grades inspect the blade edge, spine and handle cut-outs, where bare steel appears first.
• Check for a name tag and decide whether you want it, since it stays with the item.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a clean-looking knife without paying for the narrow Factory New band.
• Buyers who rarely inspect the blade closely and care about the overall look.
• A sensible balance between condition and cost.