★ Skeleton Knife | Stained (Factory New)

The ★ Skeleton Knife | Stained (Factory New) is a Covert knife skin with a forced patina finish, made by dripping lemon and mustard onto the blade to leave blotchy discoloration. Factory New is the cleanest of its five grades, showing that mottled patina at its crispest.

Design

Stained gets its look from a forced patina process - lemon and mustard dripped directly onto the steel to etch a blotchy, uneven discoloration across the blade rather than any painted graphic. The in-game flavor line leans into just how chaotic that process looks: "If you think it's messy now, wait until you see it under a blacklight."

★ Skeleton Knife | Stained (Factory New) Float and Wear

Factory New covers the 0.00-0.07 band of the finish's full 0.00-1.00 float range, its lowest-float and cleanest grade. The patina blotches read sharply defined here, with no additional scuffing layered on top of the original stained texture.

Skeleton Knife | Stained Rarity

Rarity: Covert star - a rare special ("knife") item, the gold-tier category of case drop rather than a standard weapon skin. Pulling any knife at all from a case is a long shot, and Stained is one of several finishes that can turn up within that rare pool.

Skeleton Knife | Stained Case and Collection

Stained drops from both the Shattered Web Case and the Fracture Case. Rare special items as a category land at roughly 0.26% of case openings - a rate covering every knife in the pool, not this finish specifically - with the exact finish then decided by a separate roll.

Skeleton Knife Patterns

Stained doesn't have a rare "blue gem"-style tier, but the patina pattern itself does vary by seed - the blotchy discoloration lands differently from copy to copy, and collectors do look for cleaner, more evenly spread seeds over patchier ones. So it's worth comparing a few listings rather than assuming every Stained looks the same at a given wear grade.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ version of this finish exists since it drops from a case, tracking confirmed kills on a counter that's permanent and carries over through every trade or sale. There's no Souvenir edition - Souvenir items only come from Major-tournament packages, and knives are never part of those.

Skeleton Knife | Stained Price

Factory New is the priciest grade on the Stained ladder, and the finish overall sits in a mid-tier spot among this knife's finishes, though it remains a premium item like every finish here. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

What causes the patina look on Stained?

It comes from a forced patina process, described in-game as lemon and mustard dripped onto the blade, which etches a blotchy, mottled discoloration into the steel. It's a chemical staining effect rather than a painted graphic, which is part of why no two copies look quite identical.

Does the seed matter on Stained?

Somewhat. There's no rare blue-gem tier here, but the patina texture does vary by seed - some copies show a cleaner, more even spread of discoloration than others, and collectors do pay attention to that. It's worth comparing listings rather than assuming every copy looks the same.

What are the best gloves for the Skeleton Knife | Stained?

Muted, earthy tones work well against the patina's mottled gray-and-rust texture - driver gloves in olive, brown, or gunmetal keep the loadout grounded without clashing. For the best Skeleton Knife Stained glove combo, steer clear of bright, saturated colors that would fight the blotchy, weathered look instead of complementing it.