★ Karambit | Stained (Field-Tested)

The ★ Karambit | Stained (Field-Tested) is the middle wear grade of this Covert ★ knife finish, where the dripped lemon-and-mustard patina starts sharing space with visible surface wear. It's the point on the float scale where the blade looks genuinely handled rather than fresh.

Design

Rather than a painted pattern, the finish comes from a forced patina — lemon and mustard tones dripped onto bare steel, with the exact streaking unique to each copy. The listing carries the flavor line "If you think it's messy now, wait until you see it under a blacklight," which sums up the intentionally grungy aesthetic.

★ Karambit | Stained (Field-Tested) Float and Wear

Field-Tested lands roughly in the middle of the finish's full 0.00–1.00 float range, so scuffs and surface wear now sit alongside the dripped patina rather than staying hidden. It's a clear step down from the near-mint look of the top two grades without going as far as the roughest end of the scale. In float terms, this grade runs 0.15–0.38.

Karambit | Stained Rarity

As a Covert ★ item, this is the rare special ("knife") tier — a step above every ordinary weapon rarity a case can produce. That status applies to the finish as a whole, no matter which wear grade a given copy lands on.

Karambit | Stained Case and Collection

This finish spans a wide range of cases rather than one collection, having appeared in boxes like the CS:GO Weapon Case and the Operation Phoenix Weapon Case among many others over the years. The rare-special slot pulls at about 0.26% per case regardless of which one you open, so buying outright is usually the more practical route.

Karambit Stained Patterns

No blue-gem style tier exists for this finish, but the streak layout genuinely shifts with the paint seed — some copies pool the lemon and mustard tones tightly, others spread them thinner across the blade. Collectors still lean toward a cleaner-looking seed even at this wear grade, since the pattern differences remain visible under the added surface wear.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak™ edition of this knife exists, tracking confirmed kills permanently and carrying that tally through every trade or resale. No Souvenir version was ever produced, because knives don't appear in Major-tournament souvenir packages regardless of the case they come from.

Karambit | Stained Price

Field-Tested prices in below the top two grades on this finish's ladder, keeping it toward the more accessible side of this knife's overall lineup while remaining a premium item in its own right. The visible wear here is part of what keeps the entry cost down compared with a near-mint copy. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How worn does the Karambit Stained look at Field-Tested?

It sits roughly in the middle of the finish's 0.00–1.00 float range, so scuffing and surface wear are clearly visible alongside the dripped patina rather than staying hidden. It's noticeably more handled than Minimal Wear but not as rough as the bottom grades.

Does the pattern seed still matter at Field-Tested?

Yes. The paint seed decides where the lemon and mustard streaks pool, and that layout stays visible even once surface wear is added on top. There's no blue-gem hierarchy, but a cleaner-looking seed is still something worth comparing between listings.

Is the Karambit Stained worth buying at Field-Tested?

It's a reasonable middle ground — noticeably cheaper than the near-mint grades while still showing off the finish's dripped patina clearly. If a lower price matters more than a pristine look, Field-Tested is a solid pick within this knife's own lineup.