★ Bayonet | Case Hardened (Well-Worn)

The ★ Bayonet | Case Hardened (Well-Worn, WW) is a Covert-rarity knife finish displaying its blue, gold, and steel case-hardened patina in a more visibly used state. It's a lower-priced way into the finish's range without losing the pattern that drives its value.

Design

Wood charcoal applied at high temperature is what case-hardens this blade into a patchwork of blue, gold, and steel, rather than any applied artwork. It carries the flavor line "A little color never hurt anyone." The blue-to-gold-to-steel balance on each copy is fixed by its paint seed, and seeds heavy on blue sell for a serious premium over the rest.

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

Case Hardened spans the entire 0.00–1.00 float range, so all five grades exist for this finish, and Well-Worn sits second from the bottom. Expect visible scuffing and surface wear across the blade at this grade, though the case-hardened patina itself stays just as present since it isn't a paint coat that thins with wear. Well-Worn covers about 0.38–0.45 on the float scale.

Bayonet | Case Hardened Rarity

The rarity here is Covert ★, the gold-tier rare special classification given to knives, separate from the usual weapon rarity scale. Even a worn copy carries that same rare-special status.

Bayonet | Case Hardened Case and Collection

As one of the original knife finishes, this one has come from a broad range of cases rather than a single release, including the CS:GO Weapon Case and the Operation Phoenix Weapon Case among others. The rare-special pull rate for any knife sits at roughly 0.26% across that whole range.

Bayonet | Case Hardened Blue Gem Patterns

Case Hardened owns the "blue gem" reputation on this knife, and the paint seed — not the wear grade — decides how blue a copy looks against its gold and steel. The Bayonet's own legendary seed is #555, the "true" top pattern with the most blue of any seed and the market's holy-grail benchmark, with #321 among the small group of other top seeds trailing it; only about ten seeds qualify as genuine blue gems at all. Because the seed is locked in for the copy's whole life, a heavily blue seed on a Well-Worn copy is still a real blue gem worth chasing.

StatTrak & Souvenir

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

Bayonet | Case Hardened Price

Well-Worn is the second-cheapest grade on this finish's own ladder, ahead of only Battle-Scarred (BS), giving buyers a lower entry point into the pattern. Case Hardened's overall grail-tier standing among this knife's finishes still means it's a meaningfully priced item, especially with a blue-leaning seed. 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 comes from the case-hardening process itself, not a paint layer, so it stays fully visible even with heavier scuffing at this grade. What changes is surface texture, not the underlying pattern or its value.

What is the best Bayonet Case Hardened blue gem seed?

Pattern #555 is the Bayonet's legendary "true" top seed, carrying more blue than any other pattern on this blade and standing as the market's holy-grail benchmark. Pattern #321 sits among the other top seeds close behind, out of only around ten total that qualify as genuine blue gems. That seed stays fixed for life, applying the same status to a Well-Worn copy as to a Factory New (FN) one.

What's the most accessible Case Hardened grade?

Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred sit at the bottom of this finish's own price ladder, making them the most accessible route into Case Hardened specifically — though the finish overall still ranks at grail-tier among this Bayonet's finishes, so "accessible" here is relative, not cheap.