★ Stiletto Knife | Boreal Forest (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Stiletto Knife | Boreal Forest is a forest camouflage hydrographic on the long, slim stiletto, built from khaki, lime and green blotches over a sandy base. In Factory New the print is complete from tip to pommel, so the soft blot shapes and fine green speckles stay crisp and even. It is the grade for a buyer who wants the camouflage exactly as designed.

Item type: knife. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

Appearance in Factory New

The whole knife is covered in a forest camouflage hydrographic: a sandy khaki base with large lime-yellow and olive blotches and small bright green speckles. On the long, narrow blade the pattern runs right up to the tip, with only the thin sharpened edge showing a line of steel. The bolster and its curved quillons carry the same camo, as do the handle scales, the release catch area and the pommel cap, where lime patches stand out against the tan. On worn copies the paint goes first from the cutting edge and tip, then from the spine, the quillon ends and the corners of the pommel, while the flat of the blade and the centre of the handle hold the pattern longest.

Factory New copies sit in a narrow band at the very start of this skin's float range, so the print is essentially untouched. The blade flats, tip, quillons and pommel all show the full camo with sharp blot edges. In game the knife reads as an even mix of sand and green from any distance. Nothing on the knife shows bare metal beyond the sharpened edge itself.

Factory New quality — float range 0.06–0.07

The float of ★ Stiletto Knife | Boreal Forest ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Factory New quality covers 0.06–0.07 — 1% 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 Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 2× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 2.3× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.2× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.3× cheaper

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

Among 17 skins of the Stiletto Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 14th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 15% cheaper than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the edge and tip lose paint first and a low float keeps them cleaner.
• Look at the inspect view of the tip and quillons, which show wear earliest on this knife.
• Pattern placement shifts the lime and green blotches between copies, so compare the blade and pommel if one layout appeals more.
• Check for a name tag and StatTrak™, since both versions exist and change what you are buying.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the forest camo complete with no marks at all.
• Players who inspect their knife often and notice small details.
• In short: the clean reference copy of this finish.