★ Ursus Knife | Case Hardened (Well-Worn)

The ★ Ursus Knife | Case Hardened (Well-Worn) is a Covert-rarity knife finish carrying its blue, gold, and steel case-hardened patina in a more visibly used state. It's a lower-priced way into the finish's pattern without losing what makes it valuable.

Design

The patchwork of blue, gold, and steel on this blade comes from color case-hardening with wood charcoal at high temperature, not from any applied graphic. It ships with the flavor line "A little color never hurt anyone." That color balance is set by each copy's paint seed, and seeds heavy on blue — the "blue gem" copies — sell for well above the rest.

★ Ursus Knife | Case Hardened (Well-Worn) Float and Wear

This finish covers the entire 0.00–1.00 float range, meaning all five grades exist, and Well-Worn is the second grade from the bottom of that scale. Expect visible scuffing across the blade here, though the case-hardened coloring itself stays just as present since it isn't a paint layer that thins out with wear. Well-Worn spans 0.38–0.45 on the float scale.

Ursus Knife | Case Hardened Rarity

Rarity sits at Covert ★, the gold-tier rare-special classification given to knives rather than the usual weapon tiers. A worn copy carries that same rare-drop status as any other grade.

Ursus Knife | Case Hardened Case and Collection

This finish comes from two cases: the Horizon Case and the Danger Zone Case. The rare-special pull rate for a knife holds at roughly 0.26% from either source.

Ursus Knife | Case Hardened Blue Gem Patterns

The paint seed — not the wear grade — is what decides how blue a given copy looks against its gold and steel, and copies are tiered strictly on that basis. The legendary seed here is pattern #494, one of the most complete blue playsides around, marred only by a small yellow blotch near the bottom and standing as the market's number-one benchmark for this knife. A small Tier-1 group of about seven similar seeds trails it, then a long tail of lesser patterns rounds things out. Since the seed is locked in for the copy's whole life, a heavily blue seed on a Well-Worn copy is still a genuine blue gem worth chasing.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This finish is also available as a StatTrak knife, tracking kills with a counter that becomes permanent once it's active. There's no Souvenir version, as knives simply don't appear in Major-tournament souvenir packages.

Ursus Knife | Case Hardened Price

Well-Worn is the second-cheapest grade on this finish's ladder, ahead of only Battle-Scarred. Even so, Case Hardened's grail-tier standing among this knife's finishes means it's still a meaningfully priced item, particularly if the seed leans blue. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Does Well-Worn hide the case-hardened pattern?

No — the blue, gold, and steel coloring is a metal-treatment process, not paint, so it stays fully visible even with more scuffing at this grade. Surface texture changes, but the underlying pattern and its rarity don't.

What is the best Ursus Knife Case Hardened blue gem seed?

Pattern #494 is the finish's legendary top seed — one of the most complete blue playsides available, marred only by a small yellow blotch near the bottom, and the market's top benchmark. A small Tier-1 group of roughly seven comparable seeds sits close behind it, ahead of a long tail of lesser patterns. That seed carries the same status regardless of wear grade.

What's the most accessible way to own this finish?

Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred sit at the bottom of Case Hardened's own price ladder, making them the more accessible grades — though the finish overall still ranks at grail-tier among this knife's lineup, so "accessible" is relative rather than cheap.