★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife | Doppler (Minimal Wear) Phase 4

Skin overview

In Minimal Wear, ★ Flip Knife | Doppler (Phase 4) keeps its blue marble almost unchanged, since the float range of this finish only reaches the lightest wear grades. Any marks sit on the very tip or along the cutting edge and rarely show in hand. It is the more measured way into the same blue Doppler look.

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

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The whole blade carries the finish: a marbled field of dark navy, cobalt and violet, with lighter blue streaks running along the curve toward the acute point. Darker patches gather near the spine and the base, while the serrated section keeps the same blue tone.

Light scuffs may appear on the very tip and in small spots along the cutting edge. The serrations and the flat of the blade still look clean in most copies. In game the wear is hard to spot, and the knife reads almost the same as a Factory New one. The blue marble and the gloss over the middle of the blade remain intact.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.08

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife | Doppler Phase 4 ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.08 — 12% 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:

• Chroma Case (on sale since Jan 8, 2015)
• Chroma 2 Case (on sale since Apr 15, 2015)
• Chroma 3 Case

StatTrak™ version

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the range, since the lowest values keep the point and edge fully glossy.
• Look at the pattern on inspect, because the balance of dark and light blue on the blade changes from copy to copy.
• Inspect the tip and the cutting edge closely, as these are the first places the coating wears.
• Check whether the knife has a name tag and whether it suits you.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want the blue Doppler look and accept faint marks on the tip.
• Buyers entering this finish at the lower grade without losing the main colour.
• Conclusion: nearly the same look in game, chosen for practical reasons.