Knives, Guns & Patterns!

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This section will be updated often as more knives come in and I become more familiar with patterns and pricing myself.This is a work in progress, but overall, knife prices work the same as item prices except they tend to be more stable, so the market price is often a safe bet. For stattrak knives, prices can fluctuate, so be careful when trading for them.Here are a few videos showing all the knives in CS:GO:ARMS DEAL: (Original 5: Gut, Flip, Bayonet, M9, Karambit)HUNTSMAN UPDATE:BUTTERFLY KNIFE:The knives vary in price on average, as they look different and some knives look better than others, as the community dictates.Here is the tier list for pricing, from highest to lowest:In addition, each knife may have a camo, (no camo being known as vanilla), which can vary and greatly affects the price. For instance, a Fade Karambit can be easily upward of $500, whereas a boreal forest Karambit may struggle to top $150.Check out CS:GO Stash for a good overview of knife camos and all possible skins that can be obtained on knives.There are many knives that are too expensive to sell on the market. To find prices for them, search CS:GO Lounge to find average prices and offers to make a call, or ask an experienced trader for a price.Knives are sought after and a sort of status symbol for CS:GO players, so get yourself one and ball hard on de_dust2.Different patterns on knives can also affect the price. For instance, a full faded, or completely colored fade knife can be worth significantly more than the standard variation which may have grey on the blade or scratching. Also, this applies to weapons as well. For instance, the AK Case Hardened may have a rare and valuable blue pattern, and the more blue on a case AK, the more you could potentially fetch for it.I will show some examples, with FADE knives (I am most familiar with them) and Case hardened weapons.Here is a standard karambit fade (notice the high amount of purple, almost in a 50-50 pink purple split):Now taking a look at my karambit fade (90% pink, 5% yellow, 5% purple):Notice how my karambit has far more pink than the other karambit, which means that it is more valuable to a great extent. Pink is favorable on the karambit fade, so mine would retail for around 420 keys, where as that one would retail for close to 260 keys, a massive difference on the same exact knife.Another fade knife, this time with ALL the normal fade colors mixed in. The gut knife fade, another personal favorite as shown in this picture has a reasonably large amount of grey on the blade.As you can clearly see, the grey extends to the handle and beyond, which is unfavorable for fade knives. The less grey, the better.Now let's take a look at my fade gut knife. There is absolutely 0 grey on the handle or the blade, rendering a cleaner look.Because it is a lower tier knife, the value does not change as greatly, but it may still add around 8-10 keys of value simply because mine has a nicer pattern with less grey on the blade and the handle. It is fully yellow.On guns too, patterns can make a huge difference. For instance, the Case Hardened AK relies on the blue on the top of the gun for value.Let's take a look at a standard, market listed ak with no special pattern:As you can clearly see, there is almost no blue on the body, top, only near the stock, there is a little uniform section of blue. This AK would simply sell for market price--nothing special worth noting.Moving on, here is my AK-47 Case Hardened, in the Minimal Wear quality to make sure that the blue is of the ocean/sky color, rather than the dull blue found in BS and WW AK's:My AK has close to 100% blue on the top of the gun, making it worth a surprising 170-180 keys, compared to a $25 market AK, the one shown above. As you can clearly see, my pattern is far more rare, and therefore will be sold at a much higher price than a typical AK is.Patterns can change the value of a knife or gun COMPLETELY, so do not just assume that a knife is worth its market price, but also be aware that some users may try to overprice their patterns when it is nothing special, merely something they made up.Also, a warning to people, when trading for profit, try to stay away from weapons that look "better" than the listed quality. For instance, trying to sell a WW Asiimov M4A4 that "Looks FT" may take a very very long time compared to just going for a regular WW one and reselling it. Those may often take longer to sell and may take a long time to find the right buyer for, who will pay a better price. If you are looking for skins to keep, however, feel free to buy a weapon that looks good in a cheap condition.