★ Flip Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 (Minimal Wear)

The ★ Flip Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 (Minimal Wear) is a Covert ★ knife finish built from a green-and-black marbled coat. Minimal Wear is the lower of only two grades this phase reaches, still sitting close to the top of its narrow float range.

Design

Streaks of green run through a black marbled base, giving the blade a darker, more muted look compared to the brighter Gamma Doppler phases. It's one of the calmer looks in the set.

★ Flip Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 (Minimal Wear) Float and Wear

Because Gamma Doppler on this knife is capped between 0.00 and 0.08, Minimal Wear is as worn as a Phase 1 blade ever gets — a full-range finish at this float would already look rough, but here the marbling still reads close to mint. It's a small step down from Factory New rather than a heavily aged grade. Minimal Wear covers about 0.07–0.08 on the float scale.

Flip Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 Rarity

Rarity: Covert ★, the rare special ("knife") tier that stands above every regular weapon grade in a case. That tier is scarce on its own, independent of which wear a given copy happens to land on.

Flip Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 Case and Collection

Rather than belonging to one collection, this finish drops from the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case. Across the board, the rare-special tier pulls at about 0.26% per case, which is why most copies change hands on the market instead of coming from a fresh unbox.

Flip Knife Gamma Doppler Phases

This copy's Phase 1 is locked in for good and never shifts, whatever grade it wears down to. Emerald remains the grail of the five phases, sitting well above the numbered Phase 1 through 4, and among those numbered phases the greenest, cleanest looks are favored over Phase 1's darker marbling.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This knife is also available as a StatTrak™ version, adding a kill counter that sticks with the item permanently through every trade or sale. Souvenir versions were never made for it — knives simply don't appear in Major-tournament souvenir packages, regardless of phase.

Flip Knife | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 Price

Minimal Wear runs a step below Factory New on this phase's own ladder, making it the more accessible of the two grades while still sitting in the high-end range among this knife's finishes as a whole. Which specific phase you land on moves the needle more than the wear grade does. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Minimal Wear a big downgrade from Factory New on this phase?

Not really. Since Gamma Doppler is capped at a 0.08 float on this knife, Minimal Wear still sits well inside near-mint territory — it's a modest step down, not a visibly worn blade. The visual gap is far smaller here than on a full-range finish.

Does the Flip Knife Gamma Doppler Phase 1 have StatTrak?

Yes, a StatTrak™ version exists with a permanent confirmed-kill counter that follows the knife through trades and sales. There's no Souvenir version, though — knives are simply never part of Major-tournament souvenir packages, no matter the phase or case.

Is Phase 1 the cheapest Gamma Doppler phase on the Flip Knife?

Among the numbered phases, Phase 1's darker marbling tends to trail the brighter, greener-looking copies in demand, but all the numbered phases sit far under grail-tier Emerald. It's still a high-end finish for this knife, never a budget one.