★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2 (Factory New)

The ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2 in Factory New (FN) is the pink Doppler phase on a CS2 knife with a hook on the spine. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. Its sources are the Chroma Case, the Chroma 2 Case and the Chroma 3 Case. The phase has two wears: the float scale ends at 0.08, and nothing continues after Minimal Wear (MW).

What the ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2 looks like in Factory New

The wide blade is coated in pink-lilac lacquer with dark marbled veins, and near the spine and the heel the color goes almost black. A fine notching runs along the spine, and the hook itself sits above it. Valve writes that such a hook became known as a helper for dressing game. The handle is the color of dark wood, with pinkish rivets and a ring at the end.

In this wear the ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2 is assigned floats 0.00 to 0.07. The lacquer in Factory New is intact on both the edge and the hook. Wear is set at drop, and a copy stays as it was when opened.

Where the ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2 came from

Doppler is Valve’s own work, and the finish has no Steam Workshop submission. In the finish catalog it is number 419. It came out on January 8, 2015, with the first Chroma Case, and the Gut Knife is in that case and in the next two Chroma cases.

Phase and pattern

The phase is part of the item name: the buyer picks “Phase 2” on the page, and it cannot be pulled from a case. Phases 1 to 4 are the regular ones, and Ruby, Sapphire and Black Pearl are the gems. Within Phase 2, copies differ by pattern index, which shifts the ratio of pink, lilac and dark on the blade.

What to check before buying

When choosing the ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2, pay attention to the following:

• the phase in the listing title: the four regular phases and the three gems are separate items, and in a preview they are easy to mix up;


• the face of the blade, which decides how much pink a particular copy has;


• the name tag: one is possible on this knife, and it passes to the buyer along with the item.

Across 0.00 to 0.07 the ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2 looks the same.

What the ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2 costs in Factory New

Against the top wear, Minimal Wear is priced 1.37 times higher. For a finish whose scale ends at 0.08, the lower wear costs more, not less.

Phase 2 is the most expensive of the Gut Knife’s four regular phases: Phases 1, 3 and 4 are 13 to 15 percent cheaper. The gems cost several times more. Sapphire is 2.3 times Phase 2, Ruby 3.4 times, and Black Pearl 4.2 times.

Of the model’s 27 finishes, 13 cost less than Phase 2 and 13 cost more, so it sits exactly in the middle. Next to it are Gamma Doppler Phases 3 and 4, three to six percent higher, along with Black Laminate and Safari Mesh. Bright Water costs less than half as much, and Gamma Doppler Emerald costs three times as much.

Getting the ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2

The Gut Knife drops from the three Chroma cases, and the phase is random. A contract works too: five Covert skins from one collection turn into one rare special item, but chance sets the model and the finish. The pink Phase 2 is bought as a finished listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak version of the ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2 exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

Buying the ★ Gut Knife | Doppler Phase 2 in Factory New is reasonable under these conditions:

• you want a pink blade without paying extra for a gem;


• your CS2 loadout is assembled from pink and warm brown tones, and the handle of the knife sits in the same palette;


• you want the top wear: it costs more than a quarter less than Minimal Wear.