★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife | Doppler (Minimal Wear) Phase 1

Skin overview

This Gut Knife pairs a dark red, black-veined Doppler blade with a blue-lavender band along the cutting edge and a plain wooden grip. In Minimal Wear the knife keeps almost the whole look of a clean copy, since the grade covers only a thin slice at the top of this skin's float range. Any marks sit on the tip and the hook and are rarely noticeable at normal viewing distance.

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.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The paint covers the whole blade: the spine, the gut hook and the serrated thumb rest are in deep maroon with darker marbled veins. Toward the cutting edge and the tip the colour shifts into blue and violet with silvery highlights, and the bevel line reads as a bright cool stripe.

Small scratches may appear on the very tip and along the edge of the gut hook. The marbling over the rest of the blade remains clean and the colour transition is unchanged. At normal distance in game the difference from Factory New is hard to see, and it shows mainly when the blade is turned close on inspect. The handle stays as it is.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.08

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 1 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

• Look at how much blue and how much black-red the pattern places on the blade, since copies of this phase differ noticeably.
• On Minimal Wear copies, inspect the tip and the gut hook edge for scratches.
• Check the float position within the wear grade if a cleaner blade matters to you.
• Check whether the knife has a name tag and whether you like it.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want the look of a clean Doppler and accept small marks on the tip.
• Buyers looking for a more accessible entry into this phase without giving up the visual.
• Conclusion: nearly the same look in game, chosen for a sensible compromise.