★ Karambit | Blue Steel (Minimal Wear)

The ★ Karambit | Blue Steel in Minimal Wear (MW) is a Covert knife whose float is squeezed into a band from 0.07 to 0.15. Marked with the ★, this karambit comes out of eleven cases, from the CS:GO Weapon Case to the Revolver Case.

What the ★ Karambit | Blue Steel looks like in Minimal Wear

The blued steel of the blade gives a cold blue cast. The metal is dark and dense along the spine and grows lighter toward the cutting edge. The handle is olive-gray and ribbed, with a red dot at the base of the blade. The ring gleams in the same blue steel shade.

The float for Minimal Wear covers only 0.07 to 0.15. That is a short stretch, so chasing a particular number gains you nothing. Wear is fixed at the drop, and the bluing on knives like these stays almost whole.

What to check before buying

When choosing a ★ Karambit | Blue Steel, pay attention to the following:

• float: on a short stretch the differences are slight, and a pricier copy cannot be picked out by eye;


• name tag: the knife accepts its own name, and it has no sticker slots;


• listing title: the StatTrak™ version is sold separately and priced differently.

What the ★ Karambit | Blue Steel costs in Minimal Wear

Factory New costs 1.69 times as much, Field-Tested is level, Well-Worn is 1.16 times cheaper and Battle-Scarred 1.17 times. The top and bottom are clearly spread apart here: the top wear costs almost 1.7 times as much as this one.

Among thirty Covert karambits the finish sits mid-row: thirteen cost less and sixteen cost more. Slaughter (14 percent higher) and Case Hardened (12) stand above. Below come Lore (2 percent lower), Black Laminate (12) and Ultraviolet (17). At the floor sit Safari Mesh, Forest DDPAT and Boreal Forest, and the top is Gamma Doppler with Emerald and Phase 3, and Doppler with Sapphire.

Getting the ★ Karambit | Blue Steel

Eleven cases carry this finish on a karambit, from the CS:GO Weapon Case to the Revolver Case. The wear is random when you open one. In a trade-up, five Covert skins of one type give a random item with the ★ mark, and the finish is not chosen there.

Is there a StatTrak version

Yes, this karambit can be had with StatTrak™.

Who this wear suits

The ★ Karambit | Blue Steel makes sense here under these conditions:

• you want a blue knife with nearly untouched bluing, but cheaper than Factory New;


• in CS2 the cold blue metal against an olive handle matters to you;


• you would rather not overpay for a float near zero, but you do need a clean look.