★ StatTrak™ 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 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 ★ StatTrak™ Flip Knife | Black Laminate is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Gamma Case
• Gamma 2 Case

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 2× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 2.4× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.5× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.5× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 13th of 23 skins Covert Flip Knife in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter. Right now the StatTrak™ version is 1.5× dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• 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 should buy Factory New

• 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.