XM1014 | Black Tie (Well-Worn)

The XM1014 | Black Tie (Well-Worn) is a Restricted shotgun skin showing its black and white chrome finish in a more weathered state. It's a cheaper route into the formal monochrome look, with wear that dulls the shine but keeps the contrast.

Design

The design coats the XM1014 in glossy black and white chrome, a formal, tuxedo-flavored wrap rather than a tactical one. It was made as a community piece by Nextgenz, and it comes with a sardonic in-game line: "We have Izaki and Cocinero. You need them for anything or can I just kill them now?"

XM1014 | Black Tie (Well-Worn) Float and Wear

Well-Worn falls near the top of the finish's 0.00–0.75 float scale. Scuffing and paint loss show clearly across the body here, and the chrome reads noticeably duller, though the black-and-white contrast keeps the formal look recognizable. For players who put price ahead of a glossy surface, it delivers the design for less.

XM1014 | Black Tie Rarity

Rarity: Restricted, the purple grade. It sits just beneath Classified and a rung above Mil-Spec in the standard weapon hierarchy — an uncommon tier overall.

XM1014 | Black Tie Case and Collection

Belonging to The Chroma 3 Collection, this finish drops from the Chroma 3 Case that debuted with the Trichromacy update in April 2016. The Restricted tier unboxes about 16% of the time from the case (that odds figure is shared across the tier), and with the case no longer in the active drop pool, supply is fixed.

XM1014 | Black Tie Patterns

There's no random roll on this finish — the chrome design is fixed, appearing the same on every copy, so no paint seed or "blue gem" is worth tracking. The wear grade and float value are the sole differences between two Black Tie shotguns.

StatTrak & Souvenir

A StatTrak edition is available, bringing a confirmed-kill counter along; it's a rarer and costlier drop than the plain skin from the Chroma 3 Case, and the counter is permanent — it never gets wiped, carrying over through every trade or sale. There's no Souvenir variant, since Souvenir weapons come only from Major-tournament packages and this collection never featured as one.

XM1014 | Black Tie Price

Well-Worn sits low on this finish's ladder, below Field-Tested and above only Battle-Scarred — a budget way into the formal design for players who won't pay the mid-grade premium. It's one of the cheaper routes to this look. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

How worn does the Well-Worn Black Tie look?

Noticeably. Expect scuffing and paint thinning across the body, with the chrome losing much of its gloss — more wear than Field-Tested but short of Battle-Scarred's heavy damage. The black-and-white contrast keeps it identifiable, so it still reads as Black Tie in a match.

Is Well-Worn worth buying over Field-Tested?

Only if price is your main concern. Field-Tested keeps more of the chrome shine for a modest step up in cost, so most buyers prefer it. Well-Worn makes sense when you want the formal design as cheaply as possible without dropping all the way to Battle-Scarred condition.

Does wear hurt a chrome finish more than a matte one?

A little. Because chrome relies on gloss, wear that dulls the surface is more visible than it would be on a flat finish. Even so, the strong black-and-white contrast carries the Well-Worn look, so the skin stays clearly recognizable despite the reduced shine at this grade.