★ Karambit | Tiger Tooth (Minimal Wear)

The ★ Karambit | Tiger Tooth (Minimal Wear) is a Covert ★ knife finish built from an orange anodized blade hand-etched with a tiger stripe pattern. Minimal Wear is the lower of only two grades this finish reaches, still landing close to the top of its narrow float range.

Design

The look here comes from anodizing the blade orange and then hand-etching a tiger stripe pattern across it. It ships with the flavor line "Like the tiger it is rare... like the tiger it is deadly..."

★ Karambit | Tiger Tooth (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

Because the finish is capped between 0.00 and 0.08, Minimal Wear is as worn as a Tiger Tooth karambit ever gets — a full-range skin at this float would already look rough, but here the blade still reads close to mint. It's a small step down from Factory New rather than a heavily aged grade. On the float scale, Minimal Wear spans 0.07–0.08.

Karambit | Tiger Tooth Rarity

Rarity: Covert ★, the rare special ("knife") tier that stands above every regular weapon grade in a case. That scarcity is baked into pulling the knife tier itself, independent of which wear a given copy lands on.

Karambit | Tiger Tooth Case and Collection

Rather than belonging to a broad collection, this finish comes specifically from the Chroma line — the Chroma Case, Chroma 2 Case, and Chroma 3 Case. Across those, the rare-special tier pulls at about 0.26% per case, which is why most copies change hands on the market instead of coming from a fresh unbox.

Karambit Tiger Tooth Patterns

Tiger Tooth has a fixed design, meaning the paint seed doesn't change how the finish looks from one copy to the next — every blade carries the same hand-etched stripe pattern. There's no seed to hunt or blue-gem angle here; wear and float are what actually separate the copies on this finish.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This knife is also available as a StatTrak™ version, adding a kill counter that sticks with the item permanently through every trade or sale. Souvenir versions were never made for it — knives simply don't appear in Major-tournament souvenir packages, regardless of finish.

Karambit | Tiger Tooth Price

Minimal Wear runs a step below Factory New on the Tiger Tooth's price ladder, making it the more accessible of the finish's two grades while still sitting in the mid-tier range among this knife's finishes as a whole. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Minimal Wear a big downgrade from Factory New on the Tiger Tooth?

Not really. Since the finish is capped at a 0.08 float, Minimal Wear still sits well inside near-mint territory — it's a modest step down, not a visibly worn skin. The visual gap here is far smaller than on a full-range karambit finish.

Does the pattern differ between Tiger Tooth copies?

No. The hand-etched tiger stripe design is fixed across every copy, so the paint seed has no effect on the look. That means there's no "best pattern" to search for — only the wear grade and float value change from one Tiger Tooth to the next.

What are the best gloves for the Karambit Tiger Tooth?

The bright orange anodizing pairs naturally with warm-toned gloves — orange, brown, or tan options tie the loadout together. A plain black pair also works well if you'd rather let the etched blade stand out on its own. For the best Karambit Tiger Tooth glove combo, echo those tones rather than fighting them.