★ Ursus Knife

The ★ Ursus Knife is a CS2 knife with no skin. There is no paint, and the listing is described as "Not Painted". Its rank is Covert, with the ★ mark, and it has no wear grade, wear, float or pattern, so copies do not differ.

What the ★ Ursus Knife looks like

The Ursus Knife's blade is straight with a clipped point, and fine serrations run along the edge by the heel. The steel is bare, and a highlight travels along the blade from dark to light. A black guard sits above the handle.

The handle is olive green, scattered with small dots across its whole surface, and the butt has a hole for a lanyard. The knife takes its color from the steel and the green handle.

How the plain ★ Ursus Knife differs from a skinned one

With a skinned knife, the buyer chooses the wear and the artwork. On a plain one those points disappear:

• there is no wear, and no float band to name;


• there is no pattern: copies do not differ from one another;


• a name tag is possible, but stickers are not an option;


• what remains is the price.

The decision is between the regular version and the StatTrak one.

What the ★ Ursus Knife costs

Among the skins of this model, the ★ Ursus Knife ranks above nine and below fifteen by starting price. The nearest below are Damascus Steel (1.02 times cheaper), Stained (1.05 times) and Night Stripe (1.13 times).

Above come Ultraviolet (4 percent more), Blue Steel (8 percent) and Case Hardened (1.5 times). The top of the row is the Doppler gems: Sapphire costs 7.1 times as much, Ruby 9.8 times and Black Pearl 11.5 times.

Is there a StatTrak version

Yes: the ★ StatTrak™ Ursus Knife is sold separately. The counter tracks kills made with this knife, never resets and passes to the buyer as it is. The premium over the regular knife is about 8 percent.

Getting the ★ Ursus Knife

In CS2 the ★ Ursus Knife drops from four cases: Horizon, Danger Zone, Prisma and Prisma 2. The plain version sits in the rare special item pool alongside the skins, so it comes out at random.

Another route is a trade-up contract: five Covert skins from any mix of collections turn into one rare special item, and the model that comes out cannot be chosen.

Who it suits

The ★ Ursus Knife with no skin is worth buying when:

• you want a neutral knife that, having no artwork, does not argue with the rest of the loadout;


• you like the green handle and the straight blade;


• paying seven to eleven times more for Doppler gems is not in your plans.