Broken fang gloves: the studded pair from Operation Broken Fang
Broken fang gloves are the fingerless, metal-studded model that introduced during Operation Broken Fang in CS:GO and carried over into CS2. In the CS2 gloves catalogue they belong to the gold star tier — the rare special items that sit above Covert — which is why every pair in the grid above is labelled Extraordinary. The cut is open-fingered and the padded knuckle panel is the only bulk on the model, so in first person the finish does the talking rather than the silhouette.
The model runs on a short lineup: four finishes, and nothing else was ever released for it. That puts it next to Bloodhound Gloves and Hydra Gloves, the other two models with a four-finish catalogue, and apart from Sport Gloves or Specialist Gloves, where finishes piled up across several containers. A short lineup makes the decision simpler: you are choosing a colour and a wear level, not working through a catalogue.
The four finishes
All four came out of the same container pool, so none of them is rarer than another by design. What separates them is how they look and what the market has done with them since.
- Jade — green leather with a metallic sheen behind the brass studs. The finish the model is usually recognised by, and the one carrying the highest asks.
- Unhinged — black and grey snakeskin panels with plain leather inserts. The darkest of the four and the easiest to pair with a black knife.
- Needle Point — an embroidery-style floral pattern worked across the leather, which is as ornamental as gloves get in this game.
- Yellow-banded — yellow set against black, the loudest option in first person and the usual budget entry.
With a lineup this small the finish name matters more than the model name when you compare listings. Two pairs at the same exterior can sit far apart in price purely because one of them is Jade.
What wear does to a pair
Gloves use a restricted float range, and this model starts a little above zero rather than at it. Two things follow from that. Factory New copies exist, but they occupy a very narrow slice at the top of the range, so they are thin on the ground and priced accordingly. And even a Factory New pair shows light scuffing on the leather, because the range never reaches a spotless value — that is the model as Valve shipped it, not damage.
A Factory New Jade pair and a heavily worn pair of the same finish are the same skin, separated by how much abrasion is baked into the texture. If the look matters more than the label, a Battle-Scarred Yellow-banded pair is the shortest way onto the model: high-contrast finishes carry wear better than a flat colour like Jade, where the green dulls as the float climbs.
One thing that does not move the price here is the pattern seed. It shifts where the texture sits on each hand, but this model has no recognised tier of good seeds — nothing like a Fade percentage or a blue gem to chase. Compare exteriors and floats, and sort the listings by price rather than hunting seed numbers.
Where broken fang gloves cs2 pairs come from
Historically, pairs entered circulation through case openings; since October 2025, regular gloves can also be obtained through the five-Covert Trade Up Contract. Three containers carry it — the Operation Broken Fang Case that introduced it, plus the Snakebite Case and the Recoil Case, which reuse the same glove pool. In all three, gloves share one rare special slot between every glove model in the container, so pulling this model out of a weapon case — never mind the finish you actually wanted — is a hobby rather than a plan.
The second route is the trade up contract. Five Covert skins from a collection whose rare special pool is gloves return one random pair from that pool, and the output never carries StatTrak, because gloves never do. The same caveat applies as with keys: that pool holds every glove model in the container, so Driver Gloves, Hand Wraps, Moto Gloves, Specialist and Sport finishes are all live outcomes. Buying an existing listing lets you choose the exact finish, exterior and float in advance.
Buying and selling on white.market
Everything you need sits above the text, in the grid and the filter panel.
- Filter by finish and exterior, then narrow by float if you are after a specific value.
- Open a listing and check the finish name, the exterior and the float against what you expected.
- Buy directly from the seller's inventory, with the platform standing between the two sides of the trade.
- To sell, list your own pair and price it against what is already in the grid, or against the containers on the market if you are weighing a sale against an unboxing.
With only four Broken Fang finishes, it is relatively easy to make one of them the visual starting point for a loadout. The broader white.market catalog lets you look for knives and weapon skins that continue the same palette or add contrast to the gloves.
FAQ
Is there a StatTrak version?
No. StatTrak has never existed on gloves in CS2, and neither has a Souvenir variant. Finish, float and pattern seed are the only three variables on a pair, which is what makes the model easy to compare across listings.
Can I choose the exact float when I buy?
Yes. Every listing shows its float value, and the float filter narrows the grid to the range you set. That means you can buy a specific number rather than an exterior band — useful at the edges, where a low Field-Tested reads much cleaner than a high one.
Do gloves give any advantage in a match?
No. They are cosmetic. They change what your hands look like on your own screen and on your player model for everyone else, and they touch nothing in the way the game plays.
Is buying on a P2P market safe?
The trade runs between two Steam accounts rather than out of a bot inventory, with the platform sitting in the middle of the deal. The practical advice is the same as for any gold-tier item: confirm the finish, the exterior and the float on the listing page before you commit, since none of the three can be changed afterwards.