★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono (Field-Tested)

The ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono in Field-Tested (FT) are a dark-gray pair with a red diamond-patterned insert on the back of the hand. Extraordinary rank, with the star. They drop from the Glove Case and the Operation Hydra Case. The wear scale runs from 0.06 to 0.80, and this wear gets the 0.15 to 0.38 stretch of it.

What the ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono look like in Field-Tested

The gloves are black and graphite with one bright field. A scarlet perforated insert of small diamonds covers the back of the hand, and above the knuckles lies a raised black pad with a pink-red edge. Red stitching trims the seams. The palm side is dark, with a red lining at the base of the thumb. Valve describes the pair as black gloves with a sharp red diamond design.

In Field-Tested the wear is already visible: the red on the knuckles dulls first, and the edges of the black pads turn glossy. The ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono stretch from 0.15 to 0.38 in this wear, and that shows when you compare listings. The wear was fixed at the drop, and a listing will not change after you buy it.

Where the ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono came from

Valve drew the ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono itself, and no Steam Workshop submission stands behind this finish. In Valve's catalog it is numbered 10033. According to the pattern guide it came out on November 28, 2016 with the Glove Case, and the Operation Hydra Case followed later, in 2017.

Phase and pattern

On this finish the layout of the red is rolled: the pattern index changes the geometric design on the upper side of the gloves. Copies with more red on both gloves cost more, and those with a lot of red on the right glove alone are valued as well. The pattern guide singles out a separate block of rare patterns, and indexes 458, 515, 559, 560 and 684 sit in its first tier. Another guide has five tiers.

The gloves have no phases or gems, so a listing title carries no such note. The layout is judged from a screenshot of both gloves.

What to check before buying

Choosing a particular ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono comes down to these points:

• how much red is on each glove: better copies bring a premium, and this is where listings of one wear differ most;


• the red on the knuckles: in this wear it dulls first, and the condition is visible in the screenshot;


• the float: the 0.15 to 0.38 band is long, so check the number before paying.

What the ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono cost in Field-Tested

Of the nineteen Specialist Gloves finishes priced in this wear, Crimson Kimono stands highest. Emerald Web is 1.3 times lower, Foundation half, and Pillow Punchers more than four times. Buckshot, the most affordable in the model, trails by almost forty times.

Between the wears the spread is as follows:

• Factory New costs almost eight times as much;


• Minimal Wear costs 1.6 times as much;


• Well-Worn is a few percent cheaper;


• Battle-Scarred is 1.35 times cheaper.

Getting the ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono

Crimson Kimono drops from two cases: the Glove Case and the Operation Hydra Case. The layout of the red and the wear come out at random. Through a contract, five Covert skins of one collection give a rare special item, but the finish cannot be chosen there. A specific layout is therefore bought as a ready listing.

Who this wear suits

The ★ Specialist Gloves | Crimson Kimono are worth buying here, in Field-Tested, on these terms:

• you want the gloves for the frame: the pair is in view on your own hands every round, while the knife appears only on inspect; the red field before your eyes is what you pay for;


• your CS2 loadout is black or dark red, and Factory New costs almost eight times as much;


• you choose the listing by the layout of the red, and scuffing on the knuckles is acceptable.