★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife | Black Laminate (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred is the most rugged version of this knife: heavy scratching on the dark blade and a handle whose layers have lost some contrast. Because the finish was meant to look worked and stonewashed from the start, the damage fits the theme. It keeps the gut hook shape and the overall dark-and-grey scheme intact.

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

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

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

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The blade is dark grey with a mottled stonewashed texture across the whole flat, a bevel line running down to the tip and the gut hook cut into the spine. A row of jimping sits on the spine near the handle.

Heavy scratching covers most of the blade, with the edge, tip, gut hook and spine the most worn. The stonewashed mottling is broken up by lighter bare-looking areas. The handle grain is still visible but noticeably faded and less contrasted. In game the knife looks heavily used, though its shape and colour scheme stay readable.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–1

The whole float range of ★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife | Black Laminate is 0–1; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–1 segment (55% 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:

• Gamma Case
• Gamma 2 Case

What it costs in each quality

Among 18 skins of the Gut Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 10th 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 1.5× dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the stonewashed blade can hide small differences that only show near the edge and tip.
• Inspect the cutting edge, the gut hook and the tip, as these lose finish first.
• Look at the contrast of the handle layers on worn copies, because faded grain changes the overall look more than blade scratches do.
• Note whether the copy is StatTrak™ or carries a name tag, as both are fixed to the item.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players who want the cheapest entry to this knife skin.
• Fans of heavily worn finishes who find the scratching fits the stonewashed theme.
• Conclusion: a budget pick for those who care more about the knife than its condition.