★ Talon Knife | Case Hardened (Minimal Wear)

The ★ Talon Knife | Case Hardened in Minimal Wear (MW) has a float of 0.07 to 0.15, which takes up only eight percent of the scale. On price it sits in the middle of the ladder: Factory New costs twice as much, and the three lower wears are cheaper. It is a Covert rank knife with the ★ mark. In CS2 this is a Talon with a rainbow blade and a pale handle.

What the ★ Talon Knife | Case Hardened looks like in Minimal Wear

The pale handle with brass rivets contrasts with the blade. Toward the tip run patches of blue, purple and orange-gold, while closer to the handle the steel is silver and light. The saw on the spine and the three round holes in the face of the blade are bare metal. The colored ring at the end of the handle repeats the palette of the tip. By Valve's description the finish is color case hardening, which is why the color lies in patches and not in an even layer.

The band for this wear is 0.07 to 0.15. It is narrow, and copies hardly differ from one another. Whatever wear drops stays with the knife.

What to check before buying

What changes from one ★ Talon Knife | Case Hardened listing to the next:

• the float: across 0.07 to 0.15 the number varies little, but it is still worth comparing;


• the name on the blade: weigh it when choosing;


• the version: a StatTrak listing is sold separately, at its own price.

What the ★ Talon Knife | Case Hardened costs in Minimal Wear

Of the twenty-two Covert Talon Knives priced in Minimal Wear, Case Hardened sits mid-list: ten finishes are cheaper and eleven dearer. Marble Fade is a quarter higher, Crimson Web nine percent higher, and Slaughter and Tiger Tooth are nearly level. Blue Steel is cheaper. Safari Mesh, Boreal Forest and Forest DDPAT are at the bottom, while the top of the model belongs to Doppler Phase 1, Doppler Sapphire and Doppler Ruby.

Next to the other wears, the price works out like this:

• Factory New costs 2.06 times as much;


• Field-Tested is 1.23 times cheaper;


• Well-Worn is 1.30 times cheaper;


• Battle-Scarred is 1.34 times cheaper.

Getting the ★ Talon Knife | Case Hardened

There are two sources, the Horizon Case and the Danger Zone Case. Minimal Wear is settled when the case is opened. Crafting is the other way in: five Covert skins of one type go in, either all normal or all StatTrak, and a random rare special item comes out. Neither model nor finish is a choice.

Is there a StatTrak version

The ★ Talon Knife | Case Hardened with StatTrak exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

Minimal Wear on the ★ Talon Knife | Case Hardened is worth buying if:

• you want a Talon with color hardening, but Factory New at double the price is too much;


• you want neater wear than Field-Tested, where the float is wider and less uniform;


• the color at the tip matters for a loadout and light scuffs do not get in the way.