★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife | Tiger Tooth (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Skeleton Knife carries the Tiger Tooth finish as a warm gold surface marked with etched tiger stripes, set against a black taped handle. Minimal Wear on this skin sits at the very top of a narrow range, so the blade still reads as bright and saturated, with only faint traces visible up close. It suits buyers who care about the overall look more than about a flawless surface under zoom.

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.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The whole blade, from the tip to the finger ring, is anodized in a saturated orange-gold, with darker amber tiger stripes set at an angle along its length. The polished cutting edge runs as a thin light line along the lower side, and a row of small holes near the spine breaks up the stripe pattern.

In Minimal Wear small light marks appear on the tip and along the blade edges, sometimes also on the rim of the finger ring. The stripes and the main gold surface of the blade remain intact and saturated. At normal viewing distance in game the knife looks practically the same as a Factory New copy, and the difference shows mainly on close inspection. The handle tape and the pommel stay clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.08

The whole float range of ★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife | Tiger Tooth is 0–0.08; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.08 segment (12% 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 from Fever Case as a rare special item.

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 5th of 17 skins Covert Skeleton 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 23% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the grade, since copies near the upper boundary of Factory New can already show tiny specks on the tip.
• Inspect the tip, the blade edges and the finger ring, as these are the first places where the anodizing lightens.
• Compare the price gap between Factory New and Minimal Wear, because the visual difference in game is very small.
• Check whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it has a name tag, if either matters to you.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want the same bright gold look in game and can accept faint marks seen only up close.
• Buyers who look for a more accessible way into this finish without a visible loss in quality.
• Conclusion: a practical choice where the look stays almost unchanged.