★ Karambit | Damascus Steel (Well-Worn)

The ★ Karambit | Damascus Steel (Well-Worn) is a Covert ★ knife finish with damascus steel patterning showing heavier visible wear. Well-Worn sits second from the bottom of the finish's five-grade range, carrying noticeably more surface wear than the middle grade.

Design

The rippled, layered damascus texture across parts of the blade is what defines this finish, standing in for a flat paint coat. It's a Valve-made finish and carries no flavor text.

★ Karambit | Damascus Steel (Well-Worn) Float and Wear

Because the float here is capped at 0.50 rather than the usual 1.00 maximum, Well-Worn sits near the top of that narrower range — noticeably worn, with duller texture and more visible scuffing, but still milder than a full-range knife's worst possible copy. Well-Worn occupies the 0.38–0.45 float band.

Karambit | Damascus Steel Rarity

Rarity: Covert ★, the rare special ("knife") tier that outranks any regular weapon grade a case can produce. Pulling the knife at all is the scarce event; the wear grade gets decided afterward.

Karambit | Damascus Steel Case and Collection

This finish belongs to the Chroma series specifically — the Chroma Case, Chroma 2 Case, and Chroma 3 Case. The rare-special tier as a whole lands around 0.26% per case opening, so most buyers source theirs from the market instead of chasing the pull.

Karambit Damascus Steel Patterns

Damascus Steel's design is fixed, so the paint-seed index makes no difference to the look of the finish. Every copy, worn or clean, carries the identical steel patterning — there's no pattern or blue-gem seed to chase, only wear and float setting copies apart.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This knife also comes in a StatTrak™ version that tracks confirmed kills permanently and carries that tally through trades and sales. There is no Souvenir version, since knives are never distributed through Major-tournament souvenir packages.

Karambit | Damascus Steel Price

Well-Worn ranks near the bottom of the Damascus Steel price ladder, ahead of only Battle-Scarred, and still falls within the mid-tier range among this knife's finishes overall. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Well-Worn a big step down from Field-Tested on the Damascus Steel?

Yes, noticeably — Well-Worn sits near the top of the finish's capped 0.50 float range, so scuffing is denser and the damascus texture looks duller compared to the middle grade. It's rougher, though Battle-Scarred still goes a bit further within this finish's narrower range.

Does the steel pattern change at Well-Worn?

No, the pattern itself is fixed regardless of wear — every copy carries the same damascus steel texture. What changes with wear is scuffing and surface dullness, not the underlying design, so there's no seed-hunting angle here either.

Does the Karambit Damascus Steel have StatTrak at this wear?

Yes, StatTrak™ is available at Well-Worn just like every other grade, tracking confirmed kills permanently through trades and sales. There's no Souvenir version at any wear, since knives never appear in Major-tournament souvenir packages.