★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife | Rust Coat (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

In Battle-Scarred, ★ Flip Knife | Rust Coat leans fully into its theme: the curved blade turns into a deep, uneven brown rust surface with only faint traces of steel. The olive grip with its diagonal grooves stays the calm counterpart to the corroded blade. Wear here does not spoil the design, it is the design taken to its end point.

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.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The blade carries a patina finish: grey steel covered with blotchy layers of brown and reddish rust that spread from the tip and spine toward the edge. The serrated section near the pivot and the pivot screw share the same weathered metal tone.

Here the rust spreads over almost the whole blade, and the grey steel visible in Well-Worn shrinks to small patches or vanishes toward the top of the range. The tip, spine and serrations are a deep, uniform brown. In game the knife reads as a solid rusty blade against the olive handle. The handle itself keeps its colour and grip texture, with rust limited to the exposed metal parts.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–1

The whole float range of ★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife | Rust Coat is 0.4–1; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–1 segment (92% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

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

What it costs in each quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline, Well-Worn — 1.6× dearer. The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 18 skins of the Flip Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin is the most affordable.

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 13% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits in the range, since a lower float leaves more grey steel showing through the rust.
• Look at the flat of the blade and the tip in the inspect view, as this is where the balance of rust and steel is most visible.
• Compare a few copies, because the rust patches spread unevenly and some blades look more two-tone than others.
• Decide whether you want StatTrak™ or a name tag, as both exist on this knife and change how it is presented.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players who want the rust theme in full, with a solid brown blade.
• Buyers looking for an accessible entry into the Flip Knife without caring about clean metal.
• Conclusion: a fully committed rusty look where heavy wear fits the idea of the skin.