If you want a knife that reads from across the map, Tiger Tooth is built for that job. The orange-yellow banding isn’t subtle wallpaper—it’s the whole identity, etched and anodized so the rhythm of the stripes stays loud even at a glance. That makes it a strong “signature blade” pick, but it also means wear and pattern placement matter more than the name on the tooltip.

Release & pedigree

Tiger Tooth landed on 2017-03-15 with Spectrum 2 and the Take a trip to the Canals update. For long-time traders, that date matters: it sits in the older stripe-knife lane, not a fresh drop you can shrug off if listings look thin one week.

Designer: Valve (first-party finish—inspect and wear rules match what you see in-game everywhere else.)

Skin sheet

| | |
|---|---|
| Category | Knife finish |
| Finish | Tiger Tooth (an_tiger_orange) |
| Rarity | Legendary |
| Finish type | Multicolor anodized |
| Float range | 0.00 – 0.08 |

The float ceiling is the headline. You’re shopping almost entirely Factory New and low Minimal Wear territory, so small float gaps can show up as sharper stripe edges, cleaner orange brightness, and less noisy highlights when you rotate the inspect.

Promo art uses the Huntsman Knife (weapon_knife_tactical), but the finish applies across knife models. Same tiger pattern, different blade length and belly curve—stripes feel tighter or more spaced depending on the frame, so don’t judge a listing from someone else’s knife type alone.

What to look at in inspect

1. Set a float band first—inside 0.08, “almost FN” and true low floats aren’t cosmetic trivia; stripe borders and yellow pop often diverge fast.
2. Rotate under light and watch the multicolor anodized sheen versus the hand-etched micro-detail—continuity beats a lucky screenshot.
3. Metal show-through—decide your tolerance before you fall in love with one angle; Tiger Tooth lives or dies on how much clean stripe you keep on the playside you actually see.
4. Cross-shop the same tier on C5GAME or the Steam Market—among anodized stripe finishes, Tiger Tooth is a common benchmark for “how crisp are the bands?”

Flavor text sells attitude; your eyes buy float and placement. Within the same wear bracket, the cleaner highlight and smoother stripe flow usually outlast hype over a name.

Shop verdict

Worth it if you want instant recognition and you’re willing to shortlist by float + inspect, not by thumbnail alone. Pass or downgrade if you need max float forgiveness—0.08 is a hard cap—or if you care more about blank metal than stripe density on your main knife shape.

Editor’s notes

Classic 2017 stripe energy: not the newest skin on the block, but that’s why serious buyers compare so many copies side by side. I’d rather hold one average float with boring stripes than overpay for marketing—spin three listings in the same band and let the orange rhythm pick the winner.