★ Karambit | Stained (Battle-Scarred)

The ★ Karambit | Stained in Battle-Scarred (BS) has a pale blade with gray-blue streaks and a gray handle. It carries Covert rank, with the ★ mark. Its float band runs from 0.45 to 1.00, which is 55% of the full 0.00 to 1.00 paint scale and the longest step of any wear. The finish sits in eleven cases, from the CS:GO Weapon Case to the Revolver Case.

What the ★ Karambit | Stained looks like in Battle-Scarred

The blade metal is pale, almost white, and clouds of gray-blue patina drift across it. The handle is gray-green with fine texturing, and the ring is gray as well, with a cool cast. Valve describes the finish as patina applied by hand: lemon and mustard dripped onto the knife.

The finish already looks aged, so a high float doesn't jar the eye here. Wear is locked in when the knife drops, and the karambit does not wear down further over time.

What to check before buying

What sets one listing apart from another:

• float: copies come from the 0.45 to 1.00 band, and the two ends of that band do not look alike;


• visible streaking on the blade: judge how dense it is from the listing render;


• name on the knife: a name tag can be applied to a karambit.

What the ★ Karambit | Stained costs in Battle-Scarred

This is the bottom wear of the finish. Well-Worn and Field-Tested cost 7% more, Minimal Wear almost a fifth more, and Factory New almost double.

Stained lands in the exact middle of eighteen priced karambit finishes in this wear, with eight above it and nine below. Lore is higher by just three percent, while Bright Water, Night, Rust Coat and Ultraviolet are lower by an eighth to a tenth. Safari Mesh, Boreal Forest and Forest DDPAT are the cheapest, and Case Hardened, Autotronic and Blue Steel the most expensive.

Getting the ★ Karambit | Stained

The knife drops from eleven cases, so there is no single case to point to. A craft is the other route: five Covert skins of one type, all normal or all StatTrak and never mixed, trade up into a random rare special item. Neither the finish nor the model can be chosen.

Is there a StatTrak version

Yes, this karambit also comes with StatTrak.

Who this wear suits

Battle-Scarred on the ★ Karambit | Stained makes sense in three cases:

• you want a pale karambit with gray-blue patina for a CS2 loadout in cool tones;


• the look of scuffed metal suits you, and price matters more than a clean surface;


• your budget is capped, and the higher wears cost noticeably more, up to double.