About ★ Flip Knife | Fade
The ★ Flip Knife | Fade in Factory New is the colour-gradient covert finish on the Flip Knife's compact curved-blade silhouette at the FN wear tier — the violet-to-yellow fade running across the play face with the standard fade-mechanic percentage rolled at drop time. Flip Knife Fade pairs the high-tier Fade gradient mechanic with one of the more cost-effective ★ knife silhouettes.
Fade percentage mechanics on Flip
Flip Knife Fade copies follow the standard Fade-family mechanic — the seed number identifies the fade percentage rolled at drop time. The percentage is the primary price driver alongside the wear tier: a 100% fade Flip at FN commands a multi-multiplier premium over 90% copies at the same float. Trader-community pattern lookups identify the percentage from the inspect text.
Why FN matters on Flip Fade
The Fade gradient depends on colour saturation across the four-colour transition. FN preserves the gradient at peak intensity — the violet stays violet, the yellow reads as bright yellow, the magenta-to-orange transition stays clean. The Flip's compact play face concentrates the gradient reading across a smaller visible surface than the wider M9 or Bayonet, which gives the Fade more concentrated visual signature at the FN tier.
