★ Flip Knife | Blue Steel (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

This is the Flip Knife with a cold-blued finish that changes tone rather than flaking off like paint. In Well-Worn the blade shows broad uneven patches where the bluing has faded toward grey. The overall look turns rougher and more weathered.

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.

How the skin looks in Well-Worn

The blade carries the cold-blued patina across its full length, from the acute curved point to the serrated section near the pivot. The colour is a dark blue-black with a faint metallic sheen, and the tone varies slightly over the surface instead of forming a printed pattern.

Faded areas spread from the edge onto much of the blade flat. The blue tone is muted and broken by large grey patches. In game the knife looks clearly weathered. Darker steel remains mainly near the spine and pivot.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of ★ Flip Knife | Blue Steel is 0–1; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 segment (7% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

It drops as a rare special item from:

• CS:GO Weapon Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• CS:GO Weapon Case 2 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• CS:GO Weapon Case 3 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• Operation Bravo Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• Winter Offensive Weapon Case (on sale since Dec 18, 2013)
• eSports 2013 Case (on sale since Jul 9, 2014)

And 5 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Well-Worn as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 14% dearer
• Field-Tested — 1% dearer
• Battle-Scarred — 1% cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 4th of 18 skins Covert Flip Knife in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 25% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since tone and mottling shift noticeably across the range.
• Look at the pattern placement, as some copies carry more even blue tone and others show more grey patches.
• Inspect the edge, tip and serrations, which lose their bluing first.
• Decide whether you want StatTrak™ and whether a name tag on a listed copy suits you.

Who should buy Well-Worn

• Players who want the Flip Knife model and a weathered look.
• Budget-minded buyers who accept visible fading.
• Suits those who prefer a rough finish.