★ Bayonet | Case Hardened (Field-Tested)

The ★ Bayonet | Case Hardened (Field-Tested, FT) is a Covert-rarity knife finish carrying the blue, gold, and steel case-hardened patina at the middle grade of its wear range. It balances a still fully legible pattern against a lower price than the top two grades.

Design

Color case-hardening the steel with wood charcoal under high heat is what produces this uneven mix of blue, gold, and steel, rather than any painted artwork. It's paired with the line "A little color never hurt anyone." The specific paint seed on a copy sets how that color splits, and seeds weighted heavily toward blue are the ones collectors chase hardest.

★ Bayonet | Case Hardened (Field-Tested) Float and Wear

Float runs the entire 0.00 to 1.00 span across all five grades of this finish, and Field-Tested falls in the middle of that scale. Some added texture and light scuffing appear at this level, but the case-hardened coloring stays clearly readable since it isn't a paint layer that fades or shifts with wear. In float terms, this grade runs 0.15–0.38.

Bayonet | Case Hardened Rarity

Covert ★ is the rarity classification here — the rare special ("knife") tier that sits apart from ordinary weapon grades. Any knife pull from a case counts as inherently uncommon.

Bayonet | Case Hardened Case and Collection

Being one of the original knife finishes, Case Hardened has been obtainable from a wide spread of cases over the years, with the CS:GO Weapon Case and Operation Phoenix Weapon Case among the more iconic. Across all of them, the odds of pulling a knife stay around 0.26%.

Bayonet | Case Hardened Blue Gem Patterns

No other Bayonet finish is chased for its paint seed the way this one is — the seed alone decides whether a copy leans blue or leans gold-and-steel, and copies get sorted into tiers by that coverage. Pattern #555 stands as the Bayonet's legendary "true" top seed, carrying more blue than any other pattern and serving as the holy-grail benchmark for the market, with #321 among the small cluster of other top-ranked seeds close behind — only around ten seeds qualify as genuine blue gems in total. Since the seed never changes once a copy exists, a strong blue gem outranks a plain gold-and-steel copy at any wear.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak edition of this knife exists too, adding a kill counter that becomes permanent once it starts tracking and travels with the item through trades. Souvenir versions were never made for knives, since Major-tournament souvenir packages don't include them.

Bayonet | Case Hardened Price

Field-Tested lands in the middle of the five-grade ladder, cheaper than Factory New (FN) and Minimal Wear (MW) but above Well-Worn (WW) and Battle-Scarred (BS). Case Hardened's grail-tier standing among this knife's finishes holds regardless — a strong blue seed can make a Field-Tested copy worth more than a plain Factory New. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Field-Tested a good middle ground for Case Hardened?

Yes — it costs less than the top two grades while keeping the case-hardened patina fully readable, since the coloring doesn't fade with wear the way a painted finish can. The trade-off is a bit more surface texture, which matters less here than which paint seed the copy carries.

What is the best Bayonet Case Hardened blue gem seed?

The seed matters far more than the wear grade on this finish. Pattern #555 is the Bayonet's legendary top seed — the "true" number one with the most blue coverage of any pattern, treated as the market's holy-grail benchmark — with #321 ranking among the other top seeds close behind, out of only around ten that qualify as blue gems at all.

What are the best gloves for the Bayonet | Case Hardened?

Blue-toned gloves play well against a blue-heavy seed, while gold or bronze-accented pairs pick up the warmer patches of the patina instead. Since the finish already mixes cool and warm tones on the blade, it pairs flexibly with either direction. For the best Bayonet Case Hardened glove combo, echo those existing tones rather than fighting them with a clashing color.