★ Ursus Knife | Doppler (Minimal Wear) Phase 1

Skin overview

This Minimal Wear copy keeps the same marbled mix of pink, violet and dark blue across the faceted tanto blade. The wear range here is very narrow, so the finish still reads as a clean Doppler in hand, with only fine marks that show up on close inspection. It is the less expensive way to get this phase with almost the same look.

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.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The whole blade, including the tanto tip, the faceted flats and the serrated section near the guard, is covered in a marbled pattern of pink and magenta flowing into blue and violet, with darker shaded areas between them. The candy coat gives the colours a glossy, slightly translucent depth, and the exact placement of pink and dark zones differs from one copy to another.

In Minimal Wear faint scuffs may appear at the very tip of the tanto point and along the cutting edge. The serrations near the guard can show tiny lighter spots where the coating has thinned. The flats of the blade remain clean, so in first-person view the knife reads as practically untouched. The handle is unaffected, as it carries no painted finish.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.08

The whole float range of ★ Ursus Knife | Doppler Phase 1 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

• Inspect the pattern, since the balance of pink, blue and dark areas on the blade varies noticeably between copies of this phase.
• Look at the float position within the wear grade, especially on Minimal Wear copies where the tip and edge show wear first.
• Check the tip and the serrated section closely on inspect, as those are the first places where the coating thins.
• Check whether a name tag is applied and whether its text suits you.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want the Doppler look on the Ursus Knife and accept marks visible only on close inspection.
• Buyers looking for a cheaper entry into this phase without a visible drop in appearance during play.
• Conclusion: nearly the same knife in game, with savings over the cleanest grade.