★ StatTrak™ Ursus Knife | Fade (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Minimal Wear grade of ★ Ursus Knife | Fade keeps the same recognisable gradient, with warm gold at the base and cool blue and purple towards the tip. The difference from a pristine copy shows up only on close inspection, as faint scuffs near the tip and along the edge where the chrome base starts to peek through. For most buyers this is the more accessible way to own the colours of the Fade on a sturdy, simple knife.

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 whole faceted tanto blade is covered by the fade: gold and amber near the guard and the serrated section of the spine, then orange, red and pink across the middle, ending in violet and blue at the angled tip. The transparent paint sits over a chrome base, so the colours have a metallic sheen and change slightly with lighting.

In Minimal Wear small scuffs appear on the tip and along the cutting edge, and the serrations near the guard can lose a little paint. These spots reveal the chrome underneath, which blends with the metallic finish rather than standing out. At normal viewing distance in game the knife reads almost the same as a Factory New copy. The middle of the blade, the handle, guard and pommel stay clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.08

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Ursus Knife | Fade ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.08 — 12% 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 drops as a rare special item from:

• Horizon Case
• Danger Zone Case

Price by quality

Among 17 skins of the Ursus Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin is 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 1.7× dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at how much pink, purple and blue the pattern places on the visible side of the blade, since the colour balance differs between copies.
• Check the float position within the range, as a lower float keeps the tip and edge cleaner.
• Inspect the tip, the cutting edge and the serrations, which lose paint first.
• Check whether a name tag is applied and whether it suits you.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want the Fade colours in game and do not mind small scuffs seen only up close.
• Buyers looking for a more accessible entry to this knife and finish.
• Conclusion: nearly the same look in play for those who prefer to save.