★ Classic Knife | Fade (Minimal Wear)

The ★ Classic Knife | Fade (Minimal Wear) carries the same airbrushed purple-pink-yellow gradient as its Factory New counterpart, painted over a chrome base coat. Minimal Wear is the more worn of this finish's only two available grades, sitting just one step below the top option.

Design

This finish gets its color from transparent paints airbrushed over a chrome undercoat, blending purple into pink into yellow rather than a fixed graphic. The flavor text reads "This isn't just a weapon, it's a conversation piece — Imogen, Arms Dealer In Training." The paint seed decides how far that gradient reaches across the blade, and a fuller spread is what makes the best copies stand out from the crowd.

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

Since Fade tops out at a 0.08 float ceiling, only two grades exist for this finish — there's no Field-Tested, Well-Worn, or Battle-Scarred at all. Minimal Wear is the higher-float of the pair, running roughly 0.07–0.08, and the gap from Factory New is small since the whole finish stays near-mint by design regardless of grade.

Classic Knife | Fade Rarity

Rarity here is Covert ★, the rare special ("knife") tier that sits apart from the standard weapon rarity scale entirely. Every copy of this knife, whichever grade, shares that same rare-special status.

Classic Knife | Fade Case and Collection

This finish drops from the CS20 Case, and the rare-special pull rate for any knife lands around 0.26% no matter the grade or fade percentage that eventually comes out. No confirmed release date is tied to the finish beyond its case source.

Classic Knife | Fade Percentage

The value question on a Fade always comes down to percentage — how completely the purple-pink-yellow gradient covers the blade. A full 100% Fade is the acknowledged grail, trading well above the more common 90-95% copies that make up most of the supply. The paint seed fixes that percentage for good, so it never shifts as the knife ages or changes hands. There's no blue-gem equivalent on this finish; percentage alone tells the story.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak edition of this knife tracks kills permanently once activated and exists right alongside the regular version. Souvenir copies were never made for any knife finish, since Major-tournament souvenir packages simply exclude them.

Classic Knife | Fade Price

Minimal Wear is the more affordable of this finish's two grades, trading a sliver of float for a lower price than Factory New. Fade as a whole still ranks upper-mid among this knife's finishes, so a strong fade percentage keeps its value regardless of which of the two grades it lands on. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is there a real difference between Factory New and Minimal Wear on the Fade?

Visually, very little — the finish never wears past a 0.08 float, so both grades look close to mint with the gradient fully legible. The price gap comes more from grade rarity than any visible wear, since the fade percentage matters far more to how the blade actually looks.

What's the best fade percentage to look for on this knife?

Chase a full 100% Fade if the budget allows it — that's the grail copy, stretching the purple-pink-yellow gradient completely across the blade. Most copies land in the 90-95% range instead, which is still solid but sells for less. The percentage is fixed by the paint seed for life and doesn't change with wear.

Does the Classic Knife Fade have StatTrak or Souvenir?

StatTrak exists for this knife, adding a permanent kill counter once it begins tracking. There's no Souvenir version at either grade, since knives are never distributed through Major-tournament souvenir packages regardless of finish or fade percentage.