★ Stiletto Knife | Stained (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This Stiletto pairs a cloudy, stained blade with bright steel fittings and a warm brown handle, a quiet finish that suits the knife's slim profile. In Minimal Wear the patina still covers the blade almost entirely, and any light marks are hard to tell apart from the stain itself. For most buyers it looks the same as the cleanest grade at a more modest grade level.

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.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

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.

Faint marks may appear near the tip and along the cutting edge, but they are thin and hard to spot. The rest of the blade keeps the full patina, and the handle and fittings stay clean. In game the knife is practically indistinguishable from a Factory New copy. Close inspection is needed to see any difference.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ Stiletto Knife | Stained is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% 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:

• Horizon Case
• Danger Zone Case

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 1.6× dearer
• Field-Tested — 8% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 10% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 10% cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 11th of 17 skins Covert Stiletto Knife in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 33% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• 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 Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look without aiming for the top grade.
• Buyers who accept marks that are barely visible even on inspection.
• Conclusion: a sensible choice that looks almost identical to Factory New.