★ Flip Knife | Case Hardened (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

The Case Hardened patina on this Flip Knife mixes gold, bronze and blue tones on a back-swept blade. At Well-Worn the metal shows noticeable scratching and the colours look duller, especially towards the edge and tip. The knife keeps its shape and animations, so the grade mainly trades finish clarity for a lower entry point.

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 back-swept blade carries the whole finish: a heat-treated patina where gold and bronze metal is mixed with patches of blue and purple. The spine near the guard has a serrated section, and the coloured patches flow across it as well as over the flat of the blade.

Scratches are noticeable over most of the blade, and the edge and tip look clearly worn. The colours are duller, with the blue patches losing some of their depth. During inspect the wear is obvious, while in normal play the multicoloured blade is still recognisable. The handle may show light scuffs, mostly towards the end of the grip.

Well-Worn wear: float 0.38–0.45

The float of ★ Flip Knife | Case Hardened ranges from 0 to 1; the Well-Worn quality covers 0.38–0.45 — 7% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

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.

Price by quality

Taking Well-Worn as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2.1× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 15% dearer
• Field-Tested — 2% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 6% cheaper

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

Among 18 skins of the Flip 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 35% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Look at the pattern on the actual copy, since the amount and placement of blue differ between blades.
• Check both sides of the blade in inspect, because the pattern on one side does not predict the other.
• Note where the float sits within the wear grade, as copies at the cleaner end show more saturated colour.
• Look at the tip and cutting edge first, as these show wear earliest.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Players on a tighter budget who still want visible colour on the blade.
• Those who mostly value the knife model and its animations.
• Conclusion: a cheaper way in with noticeable wear.