Specialist Gloves | Fade
Introduction
Specialist Gloves Fade have been introduced to the game on the 16th of February 2018 with the release of the Clutch Case, which is still the only option to obtain them. Just like any other type of pair, they are available in all conditions with a float range of 0.06 to 0.80 and more than 10,000 of them have been registered on databases today.
General information about Fade patterns
Fade Gloves consist of a dark blue fabric decorated with multi-colored metallic accents. Each one of the 1000 existing patterns is different in regards of the coloring of the metallic plates. This gives them the sort of uniqueness that we all enjoy about CS:GO skins.
The color spectrum contains blue, yellow, red and anything in between, which can make them look totally different from another. However, you will also find grey spots on parts of the metal on most pairs. Here are just four examples to demonstrate the number of possible variations that no other type of glove in CS:GO can offer:
Categorizing Fade Gloves
In general, the grey parts are undesirable. Consequently, the higher the percentage of coloured metal parts (Fade), the more valuable the gloves are. This can vary between around 40% of grey to some instances where the Gloves have none of these spots. To make trading Fade Gloves easier, they are usually divided into three distinct categories.
Full Fade - the most desired
The most desirable pairs are considered those with no grey on them, making them coloured on every part of the pattern, even the inside part of the wristbands.
As visible above, #933 is coloured on every part of the metal, making it Full Fade. In comparison, #450 has grey on the wristbands, therefore falling into the next category.
Better than average (BTA)
Pairs that fall short of reaching the Full Fade category due to having a bit of grey on them are considered as better than average (BTA). Distinguishing them from Full Fades can be difficult in certain scenarios when there is only an exceedingly small amount of grey visible on the metal.
Because of that, we went through all the patterns and tried to categorize them as objectively as possible. Following are a few tough examples explaining our logic:
Just a small difference in regards of the amount of grey, though #935 is Full Fade and #228 is just BTA as the amount of grey on the second one seems too much to consider it fully faded.
The other pair just slightly fades into grey, so it still qualifies as Full Fade as it will appear mostly yellow in the game.
Once again, these two examples differ just slightly from another, but in the middle of these two we drew the line between Full Fade (#887) and BTA (#661). Also, a pattern like #887 only qualifies as Full Fade if the rest of the metal is clearly and completely coloured.
Normal/Usual:
Lastly, we must divide BTA patterns from the usual ones. Within this category fall those variants that have a significant amount of prominent grey.
In this case, the pattern #366 has grey spots just as #155. Though, the first one has less continuous grey surface in comparison to the second example. Also, the uncoloured parts of pattern #155 look more prominent as all fingers appear grey. Hence, the left one is considered BTA while the right one will qualify as the usual pattern.
As shown, the distinction between these is difficult and must be estimated, which is also how they should be valued. Most patterns can easily be identified as normal ones though, as displayed within the following examples:
Pricing of Fade Gloves
To start off, the most desirable patterns are the Full Fade ones. Further, there are a few other factors that determine the demand of a pair. Most importantly, the symmetry of the pattern.
These two are the most symmetrical ones we found. Unfortunately, the pattern #310 has grey wristbands on the inside, which are very prominent while holding the AK or AWP for example.
Therefore, the most symmetrical Full Fade pair is pattern #263. Other than that, a pattern with a high amount of one colour on the surface, especially within the orange spectrum, can fetch good overpay.
In general, the more appealing a pair looks in the game, the higher the demand for it will be. Thus, being worth more. These two examples usually go for more than market price on popular trading sites, despite just being BTA. By figures both can go for up to 150% market due to their bright colours.
If you are looking for Full Fades, you can get lucky and buy some for only about 120% of the base price, while some pairs will regularly sell for more than 200% of what the float usually goes for.
Wristbands matter
As previously stated, the importance of wristbands should never be underestimated. The left one is visible while holding most guns, such as the AWP or AK-47. Besides that, the right wristband is very prominent while inspecting knives.
Having a nicely faded one can make a significant difference, as you can tell from these examples:
Possible combinations
Finally, we listed a handful of possibly fitting combos including Fade Gloves:
List of Full Fade patterns
Last but not least, we went through all the patterns to check which ones can be considered Full Fade. In total, there are 63 of them and here they are:
6, 10, 11, 19, 20, 28, 29, 82, 93, 106, 122, 128, 136, 139, 157, 162, 166, 186, 191, 226, 244, 263, 279, 285, 290, 293, 317, 376, 380, 381, 400, 423, 424, 428, 466, 467, 490, 494, 512, 542, 563, 566, 583, 588, 595, 613, 649, 656, 658, 695, 762, 797, 801, 812, 850, 877, 880, 889, 894, 933, 935, 960, 992
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