★ Survival Knife | Stained (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

The skin pairs a blue-veined patina blade with a dark composite grip, and the stained style suits visible use. At Well-Worn the edge, tip and serrations show brighter scratched steel, while the middle of the blade keeps its stains. It reads as an honest, used knife rather than a damaged one.

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 finish covers the blade only: light blue-grey steel with darker blue veins and cloudy stains, giving a marble-like look that runs from the tip past the fuller cutout and the gut hook. The serrated section and the spine carry the same stains, slightly darker toward the back of the blade.

The edge, tip and serrations are clearly scratched, and the spine shows scuffs as well. Stains on the blade flats look softer and less contrasted in places. In game the knife reads as noticeably used, though the blue-grey pattern is still recognisable. The middle of the blade keeps most of its patina.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The float of ★ Survival Knife | Stained 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 drops as a rare special item from:

• Shattered Web Case
• Fracture Case

Price by quality

Taking Well-Worn as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2.1× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 22% dearer
• Field-Tested — 1% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 1% cheaper

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

Among 13 skins of the Survival Knife in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 7th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 1.5× dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within its wear grade, since lower values keep the edge and tip cleaner.
• Look at the stain pattern on the blade, as the amount of blue and the placement of veins differ between copies.
• Inspect the cutting edge, tip and serrations, which lose the patina first.
• Check whether the item is StatTrak™ or carries a name tag if that matters to you.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Budget-minded players who still want a recognisable pattern.
• Those who do not mind a scratched edge on a stained finish.
• A good step below the cleaner grades with the look mostly kept.