★ Hand Wraps | Desert Shamagh (Field-Tested)

The ★ Hand Wraps | Desert Shamagh in Field-Tested (FT) are CS2 hand wraps in ochre cloth with a houndstooth pattern. Extraordinary rank, with the star ★. The wraps come from three cases: Operation Broken Fang, Snakebite and Recoil. The finish has five wears, and its float scale starts at 0.06 and runs to 0.80. In this wear the ★ Hand Wraps | Desert Shamagh sit between 0.15 and 0.38.

What the ★ Hand Wraps | Desert Shamagh look like in Field-Tested

The cloth is a sandy ochre, and the houndstooth is laid out in brown and dark gray diamonds. The leather pads on the knuckles and palm are dark brown, and the fingers stay open. Valve describes the item this way: fighters wear wraps because they protect the knuckles and steady the wrist on impact.

Wraps wear differently from a knife, with scuffs landing on the cloth and on the leather where it bends. The state is set at drop and does not grow afterward. Between 0.15 and 0.38 the scuffing on the ★ Hand Wraps | Desert Shamagh builds up noticeably.

What to check before buying

What matters when buying the ★ Hand Wraps | Desert Shamagh:

• float: inside 0.15 to 0.38, a listing closer to 0.15 looks fresher than the rest;


• the listing picture: the number tells you the place in the band, while the state of the cloth and leather is something you judge by eye.

What the ★ Hand Wraps | Desert Shamagh cost in Field-Tested

Factory New costs more than five times as much, and that wear occupies a narrow segment of the scale, 0.06 to 0.07. Minimal Wear (MW) costs one and a half times as much. Well-Worn is a few percent higher, and Battle-Scarred a few percent lower.

Of the 12 Hand Wraps finishes in Field-Tested, Desert Shamagh is in the bottom pair. Only Arboreal is cheaper, by a couple of percent. Constrictor and Giraffe are four and five percent higher, Duct Tape eleven, and Overprint noticeably more. The top of the row is held by Leather, Slaughter and Badlands.

Getting the ★ Hand Wraps | Desert Shamagh

There are three cases that carry them: Operation Broken Fang, Snakebite and Recoil, and the wear in each is random. The second route is a contract. Five Covert skins from one collection are combined into one rare special item, and neither the model nor the finish in it can be chosen. A specific pair is simply bought from the listings.

Who this wear suits

Buying the ★ Hand Wraps | Desert Shamagh here, in Field-Tested, is a good fit under these conditions:

• you want sandy wraps without paying extra for Factory New;


• the pair stays in view every round, and the warm ochre pattern sits well with the brown and yellow of a CS2 loadout;


• you want to pick a listing by the number, since 0.15 to 0.38 leaves room for newer-looking options.