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How floats, patterns and phases change a price, and how a skin actually gets from checkout to your inventory. Written for buyers.
Float-capped skins: when Field-Tested is the best there is
Some finishes never drop below 0.18, others never go past 0.08. How float caps work, which skins have them, and why the label prices differently inside a capped range.
Battle-Scarred skins that look better than you think
Battle-Scarred runs from 0.45 to 1.00, so one label covers half the scale. Which high-float looks people hunt, how a 0.99 differs from a 0.50, and where BS is a bargain.
Where wear shows: knives, rifles, pistols and gloves
The float is one number, but wear lands in different places on each item type. Which parts scratch first on rifles, pistols, knives and gloves, and where to look first.
SMG skins worth owning
MAC-10, MP9, UMP-45 and P90 skins that hold up in a match, why SMG skins are priced the way they are, and which ones are cheap because of supply rather than looks.
Desert Eagle | Blaze: the pistol that only comes clean
The Blaze has a float cap of 0.08, so nearly every copy is Factory New. What that does to the price, why two Blazes still differ, and what to check before you buy one.
Pistol skins on a budget
Glock-18, USP-S, P250, Five-SeveN and Desert Eagle picks that still look right at Field-Tested, and why the pistol is the cheapest place to get a skin you actually see.