★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife | Crimson Web (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The knife pairs a hooked blade covered in red paint and black webbing with dark grey handle scales. Minimal Wear keeps the web pattern intact, with only light marks near the edge and on the gut hook. From normal viewing distance it reads almost the same as a clean copy.

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

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The blade, including the gut hook on the spine, is painted red with a black spider-web hydrographic and a semi-gloss topcoat. The serrated section of the spine and the bolster area near the handle carry the same red finish.

Small scuffs may appear on the cutting edge and the tip of the gut hook. The web pattern stays complete across the blade. In game these marks are hard to notice at normal distance. The frame and the area near the handle still look clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife | Crimson Web is 0.06–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

It drops as a rare special item from:

• CS:GO Weapon Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• CS:GO Weapon Case 2 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• CS:GO Weapon Case 3 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• Operation Bravo Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• Winter Offensive Weapon Case (on sale since Dec 18, 2013)
• eSports 2013 Case (on sale since Jul 9, 2014)

And 5 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 6th of 23 skins Covert Gut Knife in this quality (the first being 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 47% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a lower value keeps more red on the spine and hook.
• Look at the web placement on the blade, as the number and position of webs differ between copies.
• Inspect the gut hook, spine and blade base, because the paint chips there first.
• Note whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it has a name tag.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look without seeking the top grade.
• Buyers who care about a readable web in inspect.
• Conclusion: a balanced option that looks almost untouched in game.