★ Butterfly Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred)

Description

This balisong or butterfly knife has an extremely unique custom design with a blade that freely pivots to quickly deploy or conceal. Butterfly knives are illegal in many countries due to their unique nature. The surface has been treated with lemon and mustard drips to intentionally tarnish, resulting in a forced patina. This looks even more chaotic under a blacklight.

History

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained was added to CS2 on July 1st, 2014, when it was released as part of the Operation Breakout Weapon Case as a new knife skin. This iconic knife design gained favor among players due to its uniquely stained blade and opening mechanism.

Origin

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred) can be only pulled out from a container rare Operation Breakout Weapon Case, which was available only during the operation Breakout. This skin doesn't belong to collections; therefore, it is one of the most wanted and rare things for any CS: GO collector.

Popularity

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred) is very popular in CS2, reaching up to 90% of its popularity rating. It is highly wanted because it consistently has high daily sales volumes and also has a rather fancy price in the market, making it one of the most wished-for items out there.

Rarity

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred) has a total of 391 other in-game Knife skins and belongs to the Covert rarity, which makes it extremely rare.

Availability

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred) is among the most popular CS2 skins and is very expensive. The price starts at $627.20, going up to $1,699.76. Nevertheless, even with such an expensive tag, the skin is widely sold on different markets, and now there are around 12,000 units of the Stained in public CS2 inventories.

Versions

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred) in CS: GO has the float value in a range from 0.45 to 1.00. It looks heavily worn, with scratches and wear patterns more noticeable. Furthermore, there is a StatTrak variant of every exterior because players want to keep the counts of their kills with this weathered blade.

Community sentiment

The ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred) has achieved a total of over 5.3K votes on addskins.gg, and a mean rating of 5.0 out of 5 stars. This indicates extremely positive community sentiment toward the skin, meaning the skin is highly desirable and appeasing to CS2 players.

Finish style

This Battle-Scarred Butterfly Knife has a worn look and features a Stained finish, for the most part gray in color. The pattern index within the finish really sets this look off and gives it that realistic look, much like real-life weapon patinas, such as case hardening, cold bluing, and acid forced patinas.

Price forecast

According to the forecast, the price of the ★ Butterfly Knife | Stained (Battle-Scarred) is expected fall down to $ 528 (-3.33%) in a month. After that, in the next quarter it will rise to $ 551 (0.88%). Further ahead, it is pojected to increase to $ 559 (2.34%) in half a year. Then, in a calendar year, it will likely drop to $ 232 (-57.53%). Confidence is high — it is advised to sell.