Karambit | Black Laminate
from $684 up to $779
With its curved blade mimicking a tiger's claw, the karambit was developed as part of the southeast Asian martial discipline of silat. The knife is typically used with a reverse grip, with the finger ring on the index finger. It has been stonewashed and given a black laminate handle.
- Rarity
- Covert
- Float range
- 0 – 1
- Wears
- Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn, Battle-Scarred
- StatTrak
- Available
- Team
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Both Teams - Found in
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Gamma Case 
Gamma 2 Case
Price by wear
What matches this skin
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- How much does Karambit | Black Laminate cost?
- Karambit | Black Laminate starts at about $684 and runs up to around $779 depending on wear. The cheapest wear is Battle-Scarred at $684, and Field-Tested is the most expensive at $779. Prices here are pulled from live market listings and refreshed daily, so treat them as a starting point rather than a fixed quote.
- What case is Karambit | Black Laminate from?
- Karambit | Black Laminate drops from Gamma Case and Gamma 2 Case. Opening for a specific skin is a bad bet at almost any odds, so buying it outright on the market is nearly always the cheaper route.
- Does Karambit | Black Laminate have a StatTrak version?
- Yes. A StatTrak version of Karambit | Black Laminate exists and counts your kills with the Karambit. StatTrak copies are a separate item on the market and normally trade above the plain version.
- Which wear should you buy for Karambit | Black Laminate?
- Karambit | Black Laminate exists between float 0 and 1, which is what decides the wear you can get. Here Field-Tested costs roughly 1.1x what Battle-Scarred does, so the question is whether the difference is visible from a first-person view. On darker and busier finishes it usually is not, and the cheaper wear does the same job in a loadout.
- Is Karambit | Black Laminate good for a matching loadout?
- Karambit | Black Laminate is a Covert Karambit finish, so the deciding factor is its palette rather than its tier. Pick the gloves first, then judge whether this skin sits in the same color family and has a similar finish, matte against matte or gloss against gloss.