★ Bowie Knife | Blue Steel (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

This Bowie Knife pairs a blued blade and fittings with a plain dark grip, so the look depends almost entirely on the metal surface. At Well-Worn the patina is clearly scratched and faded in places, and the steel underneath shows through on edges and raised areas. It reads as a battered field knife, which fits the survival theme of the weapon.

Item type: knife. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

Appearance in Well-Worn

The blade is covered in a dark steel-blue patina, with a lighter silver-blue bevel running along the cutting edge up to the clipped tip. The sawback teeth on the spine carry the same blued finish and stand out as a row of small raised points.

The blade carries clear scratches and faded patches, with bare steel showing on the edge, tip and spine teeth. The guard and pommel edges are noticeably worn through to lighter metal. In game the knife looks mottled, with the blue tone broken up rather than even. Darker areas of patina still remain in the centre of the blade.

Well-Worn wear: float 0.38–0.45

The float of ★ Bowie Knife | Blue Steel ranges from 0 to 1; the Well-Worn quality covers 0.38–0.45 — 7% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It is the rare special item of Operation Wildfire Case — knives and gloves drop far less often than the regular contents.

Price by quality

Compared with the Well-Worn quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 3.2× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 18% dearer
• Field-Tested — 3% dearer
• Battle-Scarred — 3% dearer

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

Among 18 skins of the Bowie Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 4th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 1.6× dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the bluing on the tip and spine teeth changes noticeably across the range.
• Compare the pattern on inspect, because the patina can lean more blue or more grey from copy to copy.
• Look at the edges of the guard and pommel, as these raised parts lose their bluing early.
• If you want a tracker, confirm whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Players who enjoy a battered, mottled metal surface.
• Budget-minded buyers who still want visible bluing on the blade.
• Good for those who value character over cleanliness.