The files
Knife files
One file per knife type — what it costs in bands, which case drops it, which finishes matter — plus field notes on the market itself. Newest first; every band dated.
How the October 2025 Trade-Up Update Changed CS2 Knife Prices — With Receipts
Every headline finish bottomed on 24 October 2025. The peaks, the lows, the recovery to September 2026, the May second leg, and what a knife trade-up actually costs.
The Most Expensive CS2 Knife: Offers, Listings and Actual Sales (Sep 2026)
The seven-figure Karambit has never sold. What has: Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire phases at $4,400–17,300, Crimson Web at $6,400+, and a StatTrak Skeleton listed at $17,000.
CS2 Knife Tier List (2026): All 20 Knives Ranked by What the Market Pays
S to D for every knife shape, built from the finish-neutral floor on 9 September 2026 — and set against a liquidity-based tier list that disagrees with it.
Huntsman Knife in CS2: The Big Cheap Blade, Priced Per Wear (Sep 2026)
The 2014 tanto that shows a finish better than anything else under $60 — floor, Fade, the Huntsman Weapon Case and its guaranteed trade-up, with dates.
Flip Knife in CS2: The Cheapest Original With a Real Fade (Sep 2026)
A $102 floor, a $285 Fade and the best animation of the Arms Deal five under $150 — the Flip Knife priced per wear, with cases, floats and the Bayonet comparison.
Gut Knife in CS2: The Cheapest Original and the Best-Value Doppler (Sep 2026)
A $40 floor on a 2013 knife with the full Arms Deal finish ladder — including a Doppler at $110–130 that no other shape comes close to.
Falchion Knife in CS2: A $49 Floor and a $190 Fade (Sep 2026)
The 2015 knife with the best inspect animation under $60, priced per wear, with its own case, its shared pool and the finish worth paying for.
Bayonet in CS2: The Original Knife, Priced Per Wear (Sep 2026)
The plainest of the Arms Deal five has the cheapest Fade of the originals and the thinnest Fade market — a $107 floor, a $330 headline, and a liquidity story.
M9 Bayonet in CS2: The Knife That Defined the Crash (Sep 2026)
The third-most-valued shape and the cheapest way into a prestige Fade or Doppler — priced per wear, with the $2,450-to-$709 receipt everyone quotes.
Karambit in CS2: The Full Finish Ladder, Priced Per Wear (Sep 2026)
Seventeen rungs from a $365 worn Safari Mesh to seven-figure offers, every one dated — the widest price ladder of any knife in the game.
Butterfly Knife in CS2: Price Bands, Cases and Finishes (Sep 2026)
The most expensive shape in the index, per wear and per finish, with the five cases that drop it and the one that guarantees it in a trade-up.