Flip Knife Lore
About Flip Knife Lore
The ★ Flip Knife Lore pairs the Flip Knife’s Persian-style back-swept blade with a gold finish and engraved knotwork running along the blade. Its fantasy-inspired pattern gives this knife a more ornamental look than most Flip Knife finishes, while the olive-toned handle keeps the design grounded in the weapon’s practical folding form.
Release & Source
The Flip Knife Lore can be found in the Gamma Case and Gamma 2 Case. The Flip Knife Lore is part of the Lore family.
Float Range & Wear
The Flip Knife Lore is available in all conditions, from Factory New to Battle-Scarred. The higher the float value, the more scratches and wear will be visible on the skin.
The Flip Knife Lore is a Covert-tier skin with an estimated drop chance of ~0.64%, making it one of the rarest Flip Knife skins in CS2.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sport Gloves Omega match the Lore finish closely because they share the same gold and black palette. Driver Gloves Lunar Weave give a darker, more understated pairing that keeps the blade as the focal point. Specialist Gloves Buckshot also work well if you want a rugged green-brown loadout around the knife’s earthy tones.
The Flip Knife Lore pairs well with weapon skins that use gold, green, and brown tones. Good matches include the M4A1-S Golden Coil, AK-47 Fuel Injector, AWP Man-o'-war, and Desert Eagle Bronze Deco. If you want a more muted setup, the USP-S Cortex or Glock-18 Brass can still fit without clashing with the knife.
The Flip Knife in CS2 is based on a real-world folding knife style with a Persian-influenced blade profile and a pronounced, swept tip. Its shape emphasizes a long cutting edge and a narrow point, which is why the in-game description notes that the tip can be fragile. In CS2, the Lore finish overlays that shape with a gold knotwork pattern inspired by medieval and fantasy-style ornamentation.
The Flip Knife was one of the earlier knife models introduced to Counter-Strike as Valve expanded the cosmetic knife pool beyond the original bayonet-style options. It became known for its simple silhouette, visible flip animation, and relatively compact blade shape compared with knives like the Karambit or M9 Bayonet. The Lore finish arrived later as part of the Gamma-era finishes, bringing the same thematic family seen on skins like the Karambit Lore and M9 Bayonet Lore.
