Community price on backpack.tf: 9.00–10.0 keys, last changed 2017-07-08 (9.2y ago). The live quote above, 7.57 keys, is 16% lower and last moved 25d ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $34.50 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:38 UTC (5d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 7 keys, 36.88 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Slick Cut”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
14 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts Slick Cut sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-08-11: 14 observations, from 9.96 keys to 7.57 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
9.96 keys
7.32 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:07 UTC
9.94 keys
7.31 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:48 UTC
9.50 keys
7.69 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:36 UTC
9.03 keys
7.31 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:58 UTC
8.60 keys
6.97 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:59 UTC
8.83 keys
7.15 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 23:13 UTC
9.20 keys
7.98 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
8.32 keys
7.24 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 21:12 UTC
8.82 keys
7.67 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 18:45 UTC
6.93 keys
6.03 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 00:44 UTC
9.12 keys
7.94 keys
25 JUL 2026 · 16:44 UTC
7.83 keys
6.81 keys
5 AUG 2026 · 01:13 UTC
7.72 keys
6.70 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 07:11 UTC
7.57 keys
6.58 keys
Price history in numbers
14 readings since 25 Sep 2025
The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 6.93 keys to 9.96 keys (down 23.9%). Today's 7.57 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 6.93 keys (10 Jul 2026) and the highest 9.96 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 13 times since we began recording it — about once every 25 days.