★ Classic Knife | Fade (Factory New)

★ Classic Knife | Fade in Factory New (FN) runs from violet to yellow along a wide blade. The rank is Covert, marked with the ★, and the knife drops from the CS20 Case. Only two wears exist for this finish, because its float scale ends at 0.08. Factory New is given 0.00 to 0.07.

What the ★ Classic Knife | Fade looks like in Factory New

The wide blade is painted with a transition: bluish violet at the tip, then crimson and pink, with orange and pale yellow closer to the guard. A fine notching runs along the spine by the guard. The handle is dark, olive-black, with a diamond-pattern knurling. The guard is black, and the butt has a lanyard hole.

In Valve's description, the finish was made with transparent paints airbrushed onto a chrome base. Factory New means intact paint with no chipped spots on the edge. A copy with a float of 0.03 keeps it for good, since wear is fixed at the drop.

Phase and pattern

In the listing title the Fade has neither a phase nor a gem, so copies cannot be told apart by the caption. The colors on the blade are compared in the listing picture.

What to check before buying

Listings of the ★ Classic Knife | Fade differ in these things:

• the listing picture: the placement of the colors on the blade is visible there, and the caption does not convey it;


• the name tag: the knife takes one, and it has no stickers;


• the float: the band from 0.00 to 0.07 is tight on the ★ Classic Knife | Fade, and the extreme listings differ only by the number.

What the ★ Classic Knife | Fade costs in Factory New

Minimal Wear sells for about a fifth above Factory New. Its band, 0.07 to 0.08, spans just a hundredth of the float scale.

In the Covert row of Classic Knife finishes, the Fade sits in the middle. Boreal Forest costs about a tenth more, Night Stripe almost a quarter more, and Blue Steel is slightly cheaper. Stained and Slaughter are a third cheaper. Case Hardened costs one and a half times as much, Urban Masked almost twice as much, and Crimson Web more than four times as much.

Getting the ★ Classic Knife | Fade

The knife drops from the CS20 Case, with random wear at the drop. Crafting is the second route. Five Covert skins of one collection yield one rare special item, and for the CS20 Collection that item is the classic knife, while the finish is left to chance. The Fade is picked on purpose only from a finished listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

The ★ Classic Knife | Fade has a StatTrak version.

Who this wear suits

Factory New is the right choice for the ★ Classic Knife | Fade if at least one of these holds:

• you want a classic knife for CS2 with a transition from violet to yellow;


• untouched paint on the blade and the wide stretch from 0.00 to 0.07 matter to you;


• you want a cheaper option than Minimal Wear, whose band is just 0.07 to 0.08.