★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate (Field-Tested)

The ★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate in Field-Tested (FT) is a heavy CS2 bowie with a serrated spine, a steel blade and layered handle scales. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. The knife drops from the Operation Riptide Case and from the Dreams & Nightmares Case. The float of the finish runs from 0.00 to 1.00, which is why it has five wears. Within it, this wear holds the band from 0.15 to 0.38.

What the ★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate looks like in Field-Tested

The blade is wide and curves toward the point, with frequent serrations along the spine. The steel is dark gray with a matte, scuffed texture. Valve describes it as stonewashed, meaning tumbled in a drum, and that is built into the finish itself. The handle scales are layered: a light gray-beige ground with dark wavy veins. The guard and the pommel are almost black.

In Field-Tested, wear marks gather on the point, the cutting edge and the ribs of the guard. Wear is written into the item at drop, and a bowie picks up no further marks. Choose inside 0.15 to 0.38: the difference between the top and the bottom of that span is noticeable.

Where the ★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate came from

The knife drops from the Operation Riptide Case, launched on September 22, 2021. Later, on January 21, 2022, the knives from that case moved into the Dreams & Nightmares Case as rare special items, which gave the finish its second case.

What to check before buying

Three things decide a purchase of the ★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate:

• float: inside 0.15 to 0.38 the copies nearer the lower bound are cleaner;


• pattern: no lucky pattern can be pulled from this finish, because it is always the same;


• applied name: a bowie accepts a name tag, and the inscription stays after the purchase.

What the ★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate costs in Field-Tested

Between wears the picture is this: Factory New costs 1.58 times as much, and Minimal Wear 1.16 times. Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred sit level with Field-Tested.

Of eighteen bowie finishes in this wear, none is cheaper than Black Laminate. Right next to it come Bright Water and Boreal Forest. The top of the lineup belongs to Crimson Web, Case Hardened and Slaughter, the last about three times as expensive.

Getting the ★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate

A bowie in this finish drops from the Operation Riptide Case and from the Dreams & Nightmares Case, and the wear comes out random. The second route is a contract: five Covert skins of one collection give one rare special item, but you do not choose the model or the finish. The wear you need is easier to take as a ready listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak version of the ★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

The ★ Bowie Knife | Black Laminate in Field-Tested is worth buying for these reasons:

• you want a bowie in a graphite-gray palette, with no colored spots and a dark guard;


• your CS2 loadout is built from gray and black tones, and the light handle is its only accent;


• price matters: the finish sits at the very bottom of the bowie lineup, and Factory New costs 1.58 times as much.