★ StatTrak™ Paracord Knife | Stained (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This wear of ★ Paracord Knife | Stained keeps the marbled blue-grey patina almost entirely intact, with only faint marks that need a close look to find. The stained blade, slotted near the spine, still dominates the view model. It is a near-clean copy of a finish that already looks weathered by design.

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 Minimal Wear

The whole blade is covered with a mottled patina in pale blue, grey and white tones, crossed by thin darker blue veins that give it a marbled, stained look. The spine area, including the long slot and the notched section near the guard, has a darker grey steel tone.

Light marks may appear on the tip and along the cutting edge, usually only visible in inspect. The stains and veins on the flat of the blade remain intact. At normal distance in game it reads the same as Factory New. The paracord handle and pommel look clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ StatTrak™ Paracord Knife | Stained is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% 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:

• Shattered Web Case
• Fracture Case

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 6.7× dearer
• Field-Tested — 15% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 15% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 12% cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 13th of 17 skins Covert Paracord 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 look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end keep noticeably more patina on the edge and tip.
• The arrangement of stains differs between copies, so check the inspect image to see how the pattern sits on the visible side of the blade.
• On worn grades check the tip and spine, as these lose the patina first and set the overall impression.
• Check whether the knife carries a name tag and whether it is the StatTrak™ version.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look and do not need a perfect inspect.
• Buyers saving on the top grade with no visible difference in game.
• A sensible balance between appearance and cost.