Cheapest CS2 knives

Model first. Navaja, Shadow Daggers, Gut and Paracord knives sit at the bottom of every list because fewer people want the animation, and a knife is bought to be looked at. Karambits and Butterflies carry the same finishes for several times the money. If your budget is the constraint, pick the model before the finish.

Finish second. Safari Mesh, Rust Coat, Boreal Forest, Forest DDPAT, Scorched and Stained are the cheap end of every model because nobody collects them. Doppler, Fade, Slaughter and Case Hardened are the expensive end, and the gap between them on the same model is wider than the gap between two models on the same finish. Doppler prices also move by phase, and Case Hardened by pattern.

Wear last, and it does more than most guides admit. The price in the table is nearly always a Battle-Scarred copy, because that is the cheapest way to own the name. On a dark or busy finish the difference is hard to see in game; on a light one it is obvious. The float and wear guide covers which finishes hide it.

A cheap knife is still a few weeks of most people's skin budget, so the column that matters second is the sold count. A finish with a hundred sales a quarter clears at market whenever you want out. A finish with three does not, and the fastest way to find out you own an illiquid knife is to try to sell it. The liquidity column turns that count into a plain answer.

Then there is the way out. Every marketplace takes a cut on the sale, so the number you get is not the number on the tag. The where to sell page compares what each venue actually pays out on the same item, and the selling guide explains which fee is which.

Already own knives? Sign in with Steam and the desk prices each copy by its float and pattern rather than by its name, and tells you what it clears for net of fees. Free account, one click.

Since October 2025 five Covert skins from a case craft one item from that case's knife and glove pool. It is a roll, not a discount: you pick the pool, the game picks the item. The knife trade-up page puts every case's ticket price, pool size and per item odds side by side, with the cheapest and priciest gold in each pool, so you can compare the ticket against the prices on this page before you commit. The trade-up calculator prices your exact five inputs, and the trade-up guide explains the float maths. Set on one knife in particular? The reverse trade-up calculator takes the name and works back to the cases and the Coverts that reach it.

One page per model, every finish priced in every wear.