★ Stiletto Knife | Doppler (Minimal Wear) Phase 4

Skin overview

This is the Stiletto Knife in the Phase 4 Doppler colouring: blue marbling with darker swirls running along a narrow blade and a matching blue pommel cap. At Minimal Wear the overall colour and gloss are kept, and any marks are small and mostly limited to the blade near the tip and edge. In the hand, at normal viewing distance, it looks close to a clean copy while costing less than the top grade.

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.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The blade carries the Doppler finish: a candy-coated blue base with black and darker marbled swirls flowing along its length, with lighter blue patches catching the light. The bolster and guard are dark polished metal with a cool blue tint, while the handle scales stay brown with a warm bronze tone and small blue fittings.

At Minimal Wear fine scratches can appear near the tip and along the cutting edge, and on higher floats a few may reach the spine. The main body of the blade keeps its colour and marbling, and the pommel cap usually stays clean or shows only faint marks. The scratches are thin and mostly visible on inspection. At normal distance in game the knife looks almost the same as a Factory New copy.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.08

The whole float range of ★ Stiletto Knife | Doppler Phase 4 is 0–0.08; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.08 segment (12% 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:

• Prisma Case
• Prisma 2 Case

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the pattern, since the balance of bright blue and dark marbling on the blade differs from copy to copy.
• Check where the float sits within the wear range, as it decides whether scratches show at the tip.
• Inspect the tip, cutting edge and spine closely in the inspect view, where wear appears first.
• Note whether the knife has a name tag or StatTrak™, since both change what you are paying for.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want the blue Doppler look in game and accept faint marks near the tip.
• Buyers entering the Doppler Stiletto at a lower cost than the top grade.
• Conclusion: a sensible balance of appearance and price for everyday use.