★ Karambit | Lore (Factory New)

Factory New (FN) is the cleanest wear of the ★ Karambit | Lore: float 0.00 to 0.07, about eleven percent of the 0.00 to 0.65 scale. Covert rank, with the ★ mark. The knife drops from the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case, so in CS2 there are two cases for it.

What the ★ Karambit | Lore looks like in Factory New

The blade is flooded with gold, and a Celtic knot runs over it: thin interwoven lines across the whole flat of the blade. The handle is dark olive, almost black, and deep finger grooves set off its shape. The ring is gold, the same tone as the blade. Valve says the knife is painted with knot patterns.

In Factory New the gold is even and the knot reads cleanly, with no scuffing. The float is given at drop and never changes.

Phase and pattern

There is no lucky pattern to hunt on the ★ Karambit | Lore: it is always the same. The finish has no phases or gems, and copies differ only by wear.

What to check before buying

What matters when you buy the ★ Karambit | Lore:

• float: inside 0.00 to 0.07 there is not much to choose a best copy from;


• the purity of the gold on the blade edge and on the ring;


• name tag: the knife takes its own name, and there are no stickers on it.

What the ★ Karambit | Lore costs in Factory New

This is the top wear of the finish, and noticeably dearer than the rest. Minimal Wear is cheaper by half, Field-Tested by a factor of two, Well-Worn by 2.07 and Battle-Scarred by 2.28.

Among the thirty-two karambits priced in Factory New, Lore lies in the upper part of the middle: twenty cost more, eleven cost less. Above it are Doppler Phase 1 and Doppler Phase 3, but the gap is around ten percent. Slaughter, Black Laminate and Marble Fade sit slightly lower. The cheapest are Bright Water, Freehand and Damascus Steel, while the dearest are Gamma Doppler Emerald, Doppler Ruby and Doppler Black Pearl.

Getting the ★ Karambit | Lore

The knife falls from the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case. Another route is a craft. Five Covert skins of one type, all normal or all StatTrak, turn into a random rare special item from the collections of the skins you put in. You cannot choose the finish or the model, which is why Factory New is easier to buy as a ready listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

The game also offers the ★ Karambit | Lore with StatTrak.

Who this wear suits

Buying the ★ Karambit | Lore specifically here makes sense if:

• you want a golden karambit with a clean knot and no scuffing on the edge;


• your CS2 loadout is built on gold and dark green;


• the gap to the lower wears, half again as much and more, is justified by the top step of the scale.