★ Gut Knife | Stained (Factory New)

The Gut Knife is defined by the hook cut into its spine; the working blade handles rope, webbing, and other fibrous material. For the Stained treatment, it has been given a forced patina using lemon and mustard dripped onto the surface.

The surface treatment emphasizes the knife profile and retains the natural depth of the metal from different angles. During inspection, light falls differently across the blade plane and edge, emphasizing the form without unnecessary decoration.

The Stained design joined the Counter-Strike catalog as a distinct work with its own family of variants.

From its debut onward, the skin has been treated as a design of its own rather than a later recolor of another finish. The Gut Knife variants of Stained differ in preservation, yet all belong to the same original work.

Among items from its release, Gut Knife | Stained is marked as Covert. The label describes the work’s place in the hierarchy rather than the preservation of the selected variant.

The tier allows the work to be compared with other Gut Knife finishes at the same level. Standard and special versions share one rarity even though their in-game traits and origins differ.

The Stained treatment works with that character instead of burying the item's form beneath decoration.

On the Gut Knife, the Stained treatment uses the Patina method, shaping the way the image meets its material and geometry. The degree of wear changes how the design reads without replacing its motif or application method.

Gut Knife | Stained is easy to recognize through the pairing of a familiar silhouette with a distinct surface treatment. Its identity does not depend on inspecting tiny details.

The expression of Stained on the Gut Knife belongs to the whole composition, whose elements reinforce one another. Condition adds another visible distinction: cleaner examples preserve more of the original detail, while abrasion gives the same design a rougher, quieter character.

In the catalog, Gut Knife | Stained appears in standard edition and StatTrak™. Surface condition on the Gut Knife is represented by Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred, shaping each individual example.

No dedicated container is listed for Stained. Its available editions and conditions are still treated separately. The listed editions remain distinct variants even when they share the same wear condition.

The origin of Stained begins with its original in-game release. The release of this Gut Knife variant is not tied to a particular case, leaving its original item group as the main source context.

The catalog ties Stained to this particular model. The official release established the design’s place in the catalog and its connection with the original item group.

The Gut Knife | Stained family includes standard edition and StatTrak™. Its base version carries no special tracking feature; StatTrak™ adds a kill counter to the item.

Two examples may share the same wear yet differ by edition, so comparison always takes place in two steps. Each variant is built on the Gut Knife | Stained artwork; edition and surface preservation remain qualities of the individual item.