Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon (Well-Worn)

The Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon in Well-Worn (WW) is the second wear from the bottom of five, with a band of 0.38 to 0.45. Across the skin's whole range, which reaches 0.76, that is about nine percent. It is a Classified skin: the Deagle belongs to The Wildfire Collection and drops from the case of the operation with the same name.

What the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon looks like in Well-Worn

The skin is built on thin pale lines. A white-and-silver contour dragon lies on the gray slide, and a second dragon is drawn on the purple-raspberry grip panel. The frame, trigger guard and barrel are unpainted.

The float band of this Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon runs from 0.38 to 0.45, which is visible wear. The thin line is in effect the only thing holding the artwork together. It wears away first along the edges: the top rib of the slide, the front cut and the rim of the ejection window. The grip panel suffers from the hand. The middle of the flat slide side stays more legible than the rest, so that is where you judge the state of the dragon.

Where the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon came from

The Honey Badger drew the skin, and the submission "Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon" was published on the Steam Workshop on October 22, 2015. The Wildfire Collection was released on February 17, 2016, and the skin has been in the set since release. In Valve's finish catalog it carries number 527.

What to check before buying

What matters when choosing a listing for the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon:

• float: within 0.38 to 0.45 the thin lines near 0.45 are noticeably weaker;


• stickers and a name tag that the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon inherited from a previous owner;


• how much of the white outline is left on the top rib of the slide.

You can buy the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon here almost blind: the 0.38 to 0.45 band is tight.

What the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon costs in Well-Worn

Factory New costs 2.55 times more and Minimal Wear 1.27 times more. Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred are 1.2 times cheaper. So Well-Worn costs noticeably more than the two lowest wears, though less than Minimal Wear.

The row of Classified Deagles in this wear has six finishes, and the skin is third from the top. Fennec Fox and Starcade cost more, while Eastern Enigma, Mecha Industries and Heat Treated cost less. Fennec Fox is about nine times dearer, and Heat Treated is tens of times cheaper.

Getting the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon

The Operation Wildfire Case is the main source. A trade-up gets the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon as well: ten skins one rank down. The collection is the same in this case, and it holds three Classified skins, so the odds are one in three. Inputs include MP7 | Impire and Glock-18 | Royal Legion.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The skin has a StatTrak version. No souvenir packages were released, but a souvenir copy can be built through the Souvenir-O-Matic.

Stickers and craft on the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon

On a worn skin the stickers are bright and the artwork is pale, so a sticker ends up more prominent than the dragon. If the artwork matters, use dark, muted stickers so that the line is not lost.

Who this wear suits

Well-Worn is worth buying for the Desert Eagle | Kumicho Dragon in these cases:

• you want a Classified Deagle for CS2 with visible wear and a price well below Factory New;


• the artwork on the slide should stay distinguishable at least in the middle of the side;


• in CS2 what matters is the pairing of the dragon with the purple grip panel, and clean lines come second.