★ Flip Knife | Black Laminate (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Flip Knife | Black Laminate pairs a stonewashed blade with a layered laminate handle, keeping the knife in muted grey, black and sand tones. In Factory New the blade's mottled texture comes from the stonewash itself, not from use, and the handle's diagonal ridges stay sharp and even. This grade is for buyers who want the restrained look with nothing added by wear.

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

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The back-swept blade has a stonewashed finish: dark grey steel covered in a fine, uneven mottled texture with lighter streaks. The spine near the base carries a row of serrations, and the pivot area is a darker, near-black metal. The handle is a layered laminate in grey and sand tones with a dense textured surface, cut by slanted dark grooves and a slot near the bolster. On worn copies the cutting edge, the tip and the serrations show scratches first, followed by the raised edges of the handle.

The blade shows only its intended stonewashed texture, with no scratches on the edge or tip. The serrations and pivot stay dark and crisp. The handle laminate is even, with clean lines along the grooves. In game the knife looks uniform and tidy in every inspect angle.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of ★ Flip Knife | Black Laminate is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Gamma Case
• Gamma 2 Case

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Factory New quality, the others go like this:

• Minimal Wear — 1.7× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 1.8× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 1.8× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 1.8× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 23 skins of the Flip Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 17th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 1.5× dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the blade edge and tip show the difference first.
• Inspect the serrated spine and the tip in close-up, as these parts reveal wear sooner than the flat of the blade.
• Look at the handle's raised edges and grooves on worn copies to see how much of the laminate texture is left.
• Note whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag that you would want to keep.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the cleanest version of this finish.
• Players who inspect their knife often and notice small details.
• Conclusion: the full-price option for those who want nothing extra on the blade.