Sawed-Off | Crimson Batik (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Crimson Batik dresses the Sawed-Off in a red and black leaf print with matching red furniture, and even worn down the colour scheme stays readable. The skin's float range stops short of the heaviest wear, so Battle-Scarred here means heavy rubbing on the metal rather than a fully stripped gun. It is the cheapest way to carry this red look.

Item type: shotgun. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

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

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The barrel, the receiver and the area around the trigger guard are covered with a crimson base overlaid with dark grey-black batik lines that form looping banana leaf shapes. The ribbed pump forend and the pistol-grip stock are finished in solid matte red with no pattern, which frames the busy print in the middle.

The barrel and receiver edges are heavily rubbed, with wide areas of exposed metal between the remaining leaf fragments. The forend and stock show clear worn spots on their raised parts. Because the skin's range stops short of the heaviest wear, the weapon still reads as a red shotgun in game rather than a stripped one. Pattern remnants survive on the receiver sides.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.6

The whole float range of Sawed-Off | Crimson Batik is 0–0.6; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.6 segment (25% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Harlequin Collection with 19 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — about the same
• Minimal Wear — about the same
• Field-Tested — about the same
• Well-Worn — about the same

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

Among 9 skins of the Sawed-Off in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 8th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Black, dark grey and gold stickers sit well on the crimson batik and echo its dark leaf lines. Red stickers blend into the finish for a tonal craft, while white or bright accents are best kept small so they do not fight the busy pattern on the receiver.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float in a grade keeps the barrel and muzzle noticeably cleaner.
• Check the muzzle ring, the top of the barrel and the receiver edges in the inspect view, as these lose the print first.
• Look at any applied stickers and name tag, because they change both the look and the value of the copy.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Budget entry for anyone who wants the red look at the lowest cost.
• Players who like heavy wear but want the colour to stay readable.
• The cheapest way to own this skin.