★ StatTrak™ Karambit | Doppler (Factory New) Sapphire

Skin overview

★ Karambit | Doppler (Sapphire) is a curved claw-shaped knife with a candy-coated finish in deep blue and violet. The Sapphire phase is recognisable by a blade and finger ring kept almost entirely in saturated blue, broken only by lighter, pale blue marbled patches. In Factory New the coating reads glossy and unbroken, so the colour depth runs cleanly from spine to edge.

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: Minimal Wear.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The blade carries the full Sapphire colouring: deep royal blue along the spine and edge with violet undertones, and pale white-blue marbled patches in the middle of the curve. The finger ring repeats the same blue finish, so the colour shows at both ends of the knife.

In Factory New the anodized coating is complete across the blade and ring. The tip and edge keep their full blue without pale scratches. In game the knife reads as a solid, glossy blue shape with a bright marbled centre. The grip looks the same as in any other wear, so all the attention goes to the clean colour.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Karambit | Doppler Sapphire ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 88% 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 lower values keep the tip and edge cleaner.
• Look at the pattern: the amount and placement of pale marbled patches on the blade change how deep the blue appears.
• Inspect the tip, the edge and the outer rim of the ring, as these spots lose coating first.
• Confirm whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag, if either matters to you.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the Sapphire colour with no visible marks at all.
• Players who inspect their knife often and notice small details at the tip.
• Conclusion: the choice for a clean, complete look.