★ Butterfly Knife | Fade (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Butterfly Knife | Fade is a balisong whose blade carries a smooth gradient of transparent paints over a chrome base, running from pink and red at the tip into orange and gold toward the guard. The handles stay black with red inlays, so the colour sits mostly on the blade. In Factory New the chrome under the paint stays uniform and the transitions read clean along the whole blade.

Item type: knife. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Anodized Airbrushed: a coloured coating with an airbrushed design on top; the coating holds while the design fades with wear.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear.

Appearance in Factory New

The blade is the main surface of the finish: the tip and upper curve are pink and deep red, which fade through orange into gold toward the serrated section and the base. The paint is transparent, so the chrome underneath gives the gradient a glossy, metallic sheen. The handles are black with recessed red inlays running along their length, black pivot hardware and a row of holes near each end. How much red, pink or gold shows on the blade depends on the pattern of the copy. On worn copies the first marks appear on the blade edge and tip and on the outer edges of the handles.

The blade gradient is intact from tip to base, with no visible scratches on the chrome or the paint. The handles keep a solid black with crisp red inlays. In game, both in hand and during the inspect flips, the knife reads as a clean, glossy piece. Lower floats within this grade give the most uniform surface.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of ★ Butterfly Knife | Fade ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 88% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It is the rare special item of Operation Breakout Weapon Case (on sale since Jun 23, 2014) — knives and gloves drop far less often than the regular contents.

Price by quality

Among 23 skins of the Butterfly Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the pattern, since the amount of red, pink and gold on the blade differs between copies and affects how the knife looks in hand.
• Check the float position within the range, as a lower value means a cleaner chrome surface.
• Inspect the blade tip and edge, which are the first places to show marks.
• Check whether the knife carries a name tag and whether it suits you.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the gradient on clean chrome without any compromise.
• Players who spend time on inspect animations and want the blade to look spotless from every angle.
• The choice for a buyer who wants the finish exactly as intended.