★ Talon Knife | Slaughter (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Talon Knife | Slaughter pairs a tomato red candy-coated blade with pale stripes of aluminum and chrome paint, set against an ivory handle with brass rivets. In Factory New the red stays glossy and even, and the light streaks keep crisp, clean borders. This is the condition for buyers who want the finish exactly as it was painted.

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.

Appearance in Factory New

The blade is coated in a deep tomato red candy layer over aluminum and chrome paints, which show through as pale pink and whitish stripes running diagonally across the steel. The serrated spine and the row of round holes near it carry the same red coat, so the stripes continue around the cut-outs. The handle keeps its ivory scales with brass rivets and is not affected by the finish, while the finger ring at the pommel is coated in the same red. The stripe arrangement differs between copies, so some knives show more red and others more pale streaks. On worn copies the coating breaks first at the blade tip, along the cutting edge, on the spine teeth and on the outer edge of the ring.

The red coat is intact over the whole blade, the spine teeth and the ring. The pale stripes keep sharp edges and the chrome sections reflect light evenly. In game the knife looks glossy and saturated from any angle. Nothing on the model shows damage.

Factory New wear: float 0.01–0.07

The float of ★ Talon Knife | Slaughter ranges from 0.01 to 0.26; the Factory New quality covers 0.01–0.07 — 24% 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

Compared with the Factory New quality, the others go like this:

• Minimal Wear — 17% cheaper
• Field-Tested — 23% cheaper

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

By price this skin is 7th of 17 skins Covert Talon Knife in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 8% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Look at the stripe arrangement on the blade, since the balance of red and pale streaks differs from copy to copy.
• Check the blade tip and spine teeth, as they show wear first.
• Compare the float within the grade, because a low float in Field-Tested looks much cleaner than one near the upper limit.
• See whether the knife has a name tag and whether you like it.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the red coat and stripe edges untouched.
• Players who inspect their knife often and notice every mark.
• The choice for a flawless copy of the finish.