★ StatTrak™ Talon Knife | Stained (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Talon Knife | Stained is a curved karambit with a forced-patina blade and an ivory handle set with brass rivets. The steel carries cloudy grey and bluish stains that drift across the blade like smoke. In Factory New the stains have their full contrast and the polished steel between them stays bright, so the pattern reads clearly up close.

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 Factory New

The blade is covered in a forced patina: cloudy grey, bluish and smoky stains spread over polished steel, with the heaviest blotches along the middle of the curve. The spine carries saw-tooth ridges and three round holes, and the edge and tip stay lighter than the body of the blade.

The patina is intact across the whole blade with full contrast between dark stains and bright steel. The edge, tip and saw-tooth spine show no scratches. The ivory handle and brass rivets look clean. In game the stains read sharply even at arm's length in inspect.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Talon Knife | Stained ranges from 0 to 1; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 7% 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:

• Horizon Case
• Danger Zone Case

Price by quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 9% cheaper
• Field-Tested — 22% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 31% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 1.6× 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 Talon 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 4% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since scratches on the edge and tip grow quickly toward the dirtier end.
• Look at the stain layout in inspect, as the placement and darkness of the patina differ between copies.
• Inspect the saw-tooth spine and the tip, which lose their patina first.
• Note whether a name tag is applied and whether a StatTrak™ counter matters to you.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the patina with full contrast and untouched steel.
• Players who inspect their knife often and want the cleanest pattern.
• The choice for those who want this finish without compromise.