★ Karambit | Stained (Field-Tested)

★ Karambit | Stained in Field-Tested (FT): a CS2 karambit with a cloudy patina on the blade, a finish from the earliest CS:GO cases. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. It drops from eleven cases, from the CS:GO Weapon Case to the Revolver Case. The finish has five wears, the float runs from 0.00 to 1.00, and this wear of the ★ Karambit | Stained is assigned the float band from 0.15 to 0.38.

What the ★ Karambit | Stained looks like in Field-Tested

The tiger-claw blade is light, almost white, with pale blue cloudy blotches. The finger ring is silvery blue, with the same marbled smear. The handle is ribbed and dark, a gray olive, and a small red dot is noticeable where the blade meets the handle. According to Valve's text, the patina on the karambit was made artificially, by dripping lemon and mustard over the metal.

The degree of wear is set at drop. In Field-Tested it is already there, and the curved point and the finger ring take it first.

What to check before buying

In a ★ Karambit | Stained listing, these are the parameters to check:

• float: from 0.15 to 0.38, and the higher the number, the heavier the scuffing on the point and the ring;


• the point and the ring: scuffs appear on these parts earliest;


• name tag: a karambit can take one, there are no stickers, and the name stays on the listing.

Listings of the ★ Karambit | Stained within 0.15 to 0.38 differ noticeably in looks.

What the ★ Karambit | Stained costs in Field-Tested

The neighboring wears are spread as follows: Factory New costs 1.66 times as much, and Minimal Wear 1.10 times. Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred are 5% cheaper, so below this wear the price of the finish barely moves.

Among Covert karambit finishes, the ★ Karambit | Stained sits in the middle of a ladder of eighteen in this wear: nine finishes cost less and eight cost more. Closest above are Lore, then Damascus Steel and Crimson Web. Below, Ultraviolet and Night are about 13% cheaper. Slaughter, Autotronic and Blue Steel are the dearest, and Safari Mesh, Boreal Forest and Forest DDPAT the cheapest.

Getting the ★ Karambit | Stained

The finish drops from eleven cases. Among them are the CS:GO Weapon Case, the eSports 2013 Winter Case, the Operation Bravo Case, the Operation Phoenix Weapon Case and the Revolver Case. A craft exists too: five Covert skins turn into a rare special item, but which one is left to chance. A specific karambit can only be bought as a listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak version of the ★ Karambit | Stained exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

The ★ Karambit | Stained in Field-Tested is worth buying if:

• a karambit with a light blade and a pale blue pattern is wanted, and Factory New costs 1.66 times as much;


• a karambit cheaper than Minimal Wear is wanted, which costs 10% more;


• the CS2 loadout is put together in cold gray-blue tones.