★ Shadow Daggers | Slaughter (Minimal Wear)

The ★ Shadow Daggers | Slaughter (Minimal Wear, MW) keeps that zebra-stripe base under a tomato red candy coat, with the red spatter settling into its own shape on each individual copy. Minimal Wear is the middle of the three grades this finish reaches, still holding onto most of the vivid red look Factory New (FN) shows off.

Design

The blades start with a zebra-stripe layer of aluminum and chrome paints in different reflectivities, then get finished with a deep tomato red candy coat laid over the top. The flavor text that ships with it reads "Valeria doesn't pay Javier to ask questions... she pays him to pry out answers."

★ Shadow Daggers | Slaughter (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

Minimal Wear covers roughly 0.07–0.15 on the float scale, one step above Factory New's 0.01–0.07 band. The gap is smaller than it would be on a full-range knife, since Slaughter's entire float run only stretches to 0.26 rather than the usual 1.00 ceiling, so even this finish's most-worn grade stays fairly mild.

Shadow Daggers | Slaughter Rarity

The Slaughter carries Covert ★ rarity, meaning it's classed as a rare special ("knife") drop rather than a standard weapon skin — a tier that sits above every regular grade a case can produce. That scarcity applies the same way regardless of which wear a copy lands on.

Shadow Daggers | Slaughter Case and Collection

Rather than turning up across several boxes, this finish drops exclusively from the Shadow Case. Across all knife finishes, the rare-special tier pulls at roughly 0.26% per case, so buying on the market remains the far more common route to owning one.

Shadow Daggers | Slaughter Patterns

The paint seed decides how the red spatter lands on top of Slaughter's zebra-stripe base, and that layout differs from copy to copy rather than following one fixed template. A clean, centered heart shape or a tightly bunched cluster of red across the blades is what collectors chase, and those copies sell for more than ones where the spatter scatters loosely. Whatever pattern a given copy is born with stays that way for good — wear never redraws it, so a Minimal Wear with a strong heart still reads clearly.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This knife is also sold as a StatTrak™ version, tracking confirmed kills permanently across every future trade or sale. Souvenir copies were never made for it, since knives simply don't appear in Major-tournament souvenir packages no matter the case they came from.

Shadow Daggers | Slaughter Price

Minimal Wear trades a step below Factory New on the Slaughter's price ladder, though the finish as a whole still sits in the upper-mid range among this knife's finishes. A well-centered pattern matters more to the final price here than the small jump in float. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Does the Slaughter's pattern change as it wears in?

No. The red spatter layout is set by the paint seed the moment the skin is generated and stays exactly the same for the copy's entire life, whether it's Factory New or Field-Tested (FT). Only the surface finish and edge sharpness shift with wear — the pattern itself never redraws.

Does the Shadow Daggers Slaughter come in StatTrak?

Yes, a StatTrak™ version exists and permanently tracks confirmed kills through every trade or sale the knife goes through. There's no Souvenir version, though, since knives are never part of Major-tournament souvenir packages regardless of finish.

Is Minimal Wear a big step down from Factory New on this finish?

Not really. Because Slaughter's float only runs up to 0.26 instead of the usual 1.00, Minimal Wear still looks close to fresh, with just a touch less edge definition than Factory New. The pattern quality on the blade matters far more to the look than this small float jump.