★ StatTrak™ Navaja Knife | Fade (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This wear keeps the full purple-to-gold gradient of the Fade on the small, sharply tapered Navaja blade, framed by a brass-toned bolster and a marble handle. Minimal Wear sits at the very top of the skin's short float range, so the finish stays almost as bright as on a fresh copy. It is a way to own the same look at a lower grade, with only faint marks that show up mainly in close inspection.

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: Factory New.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The skin covers the blade with a gradient: violet and blue at the tip, magenta and pink across the middle, and warm yellow-gold near the base. The paint is transparent over a chrome base coat, so the colours have a metallic sheen.

In Minimal Wear fine scratches may appear near the tip and along the cutting edge, mostly in the darker purple zone. The bolster edges can show small light marks. In normal first-person view these details are hard to notice, and the gradient reads the same as on a clean copy. The middle of the blade and the handle stay clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.08

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Navaja Knife | Fade ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.08 — 12% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Horizon Case
• Danger Zone Case

Price by quality

Among 17 skins of the Navaja Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd by price, counting from 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 check before buying

• Check the pattern, as it decides how much purple and blue sits at the tip versus how much gold covers the blade.
• Look at the float position within the range, since lower values keep the tip cleaner.
• Inspect the tip and cutting edge closely on Minimal Wear copies for fine scratches.
• Check whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag, if that matters to you.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want the Fade colours on a Navaja Knife and do not inspect it up close.
• Buyers looking for a cheaper entry into this skin with almost the same look.
• A sensible pick when the gradient matters more than a perfect grade.