★ Kukri Knife | Fade (Minimal Wear)

The ★ Kukri Knife | Fade (Minimal Wear) carries the same chrome-to-spectrum finish as the Factory New grade, just at the finish's highest available float. Since the fade percentage is fixed by the paint seed rather than the wear grade, Minimal Wear still shows the full color spread — it just costs less to get there.

Design

Transparent, airbrushed paints fade into each other across a chrome base coat, giving the blade a purple-pink-yellow gradient instead of a fixed pattern or decal. The finish ships with a line from Imogen, Arms Dealer In Training: "This isn't just a weapon, it's a conversation piece."

★ Kukri Knife | Fade (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

The Fade's float never goes past 0.08, so Minimal Wear only spans the narrow 0.07–0.08 band — the top of a very tight range rather than a genuinely worn look. In practice that means even the "worst" wear on this finish stays close to its lowest-float appearance, with just the faintest loss of shine rather than visible scuffing.

Kukri Knife | Fade Rarity

Rarity: Covert ★, the rare-special ("knife") tier — the gold-color drop that sits above every ordinary weapon grade. Getting one from a case at all is the real bottleneck, well before wear or percentage come into it.

Kukri Knife | Fade Case and Collection

The Fade drops from either the Kilowatt Case or the Gallery Case. Both cases share the same roughly 0.26% odds for pulling a special item, a figure that applies to the knife tier broadly rather than to any one finish, which is why unboxing a specific fade is such a rare outcome either way.

Kukri Knife | Fade Percentage

"Best pattern" on a Fade means fade percentage: how much of the blade the purple-pink-yellow spectrum actually covers. A full 100% copy is the grail and trades well above the common 90-95% range. The percentage is locked in permanently by the paint seed and doesn't move as the float rises, so a Minimal Wear copy can still carry a top-tier fade percentage — there's no blue-gem-style ranking here, just how complete and even the spread looks.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak version of this knife exists alongside the regular one, adding a permanent confirmed-kill counter that stays with the item through trades. No Souvenir version exists for the Fade — Souvenir items only come out of Major-tournament packages, and knives are never included in those drops regardless of finish.

Kukri Knife | Fade Price

Minimal Wear is the more affordable of the Fade's two available grades, sitting just under Factory New on this finish's ladder. Overall the Fade still ranks upper-mid across the Kukri Knife's lineup, so it isn't the cheap route into the knife — just the cheaper of its two wear options. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Does the fade percentage matter more than the wear grade?

Yes, for this finish specifically. Since the float cap keeps both available grades looking close to identical, buyers should prioritize the fade percentage over Factory New versus Minimal Wear — a high-percentage Minimal Wear copy usually beats a low-percentage Factory New one for the same or less money.

How worn does a Minimal Wear Fade actually look?

Barely worn at all. The finish tops out at 0.08 float, so Minimal Wear only covers 0.07–0.08 — nowhere near the scuffing a full-range skin shows at this grade. Expect a slight dulling of the chrome shine at most, with the color spread itself unaffected.

Why is there no Field-Tested or Battle-Scarred Fade?

The finish is float-capped at 0.08, well below the 0.15 floor Field-Tested needs, so those grades simply can't exist for this skin. Factory New and Minimal Wear are the only two wears the game can generate for it.