★ StatTrak™ Stiletto Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Stained gives the Stiletto a forced patina of grey and blue tones, and in Battle-Scarred much of it has worn back to raw steel. What remains are darker patches toward the spine and near the bolster, mixed with scratched bright metal. The silhouette, polished fittings and brown handle stay intact, so the knife is still easy to identify.

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.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The blade carries the patina: cloudy grey, smoky blue and darker steel patches spread unevenly from the tip to the ricasso, with lighter reflective areas between them. The bolsters, the guard and the pommel cap remain polished bright steel and frame the stained blade.

Most of the blade is worn back to scratched bright steel, and the patina survives only as scattered dark patches near the spine and bolster. The cutting edge and tip are fully exposed. In game the knife reads mostly as plain steel with a dirty, uneven tint. The handle, pins and polished fittings keep their look.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–1

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Stiletto Knife | Stained ranges from 0 to 1; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–1 — 55% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Horizon Case
• Danger Zone Case

Price by quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline:

• Factory New — 38% dearer
• Minimal Wear — 12% dearer
• Field-Tested — 5% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 1% cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 5th of 13 skins Covert Stiletto 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 32% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Inspect the blade in game, since the layout of the stain patches differs from copy to copy.
• Check where the float sits within the wear range, because the edge and tip lose the patina first.
• Look at whether a darker or lighter stain layout suits your taste better than the float alone suggests.
• Check for a name tag and the StatTrak™ counter if those matter to you.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget buyers who mainly want the Stiletto model and its animations.
• Players who like a knife that looks mostly like raw, scratched steel.
• Conclusion: an entry option where the knife itself matters more than the patina.