★ Bayonet | Blue Steel (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Bayonet | Blue Steel pairs a dark, cold-blued blade with the knife's standard olive grip and plain metal guard. The blade shifts between deep blue-black and lighter steel-blue tones depending on the light. In Factory New the bluing is even and unbroken from spine to edge, so the colour transitions are seen at their cleanest.

Item type: knife. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

Appearance in Factory New

The blade is covered in a dark cold-blued patina that ranges from near-black to a lighter steel blue, with the long fuller and the hole near the tip picking up the same tone. The colour is not perfectly uniform: patina skins vary the distribution of lighter and darker blue from copy to copy. The crossguard stays plain grey metal, and the segmented grip keeps its olive-khaki colour, which contrasts with the cool blade. On worn copies the cutting edge, the spine and the tip lose the bluing first and show lighter steel underneath, while the flat centre of the blade holds colour the longest.

The patina is complete across the whole blade, including the edge and tip. The fuller and the hole near the tip keep crisp dark outlines. In game the blade reads as a smooth, deep blue surface with no visible marks. Grip and guard look exactly as on the image.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of ★ Bayonet | Blue Steel ranges from 0 to 1; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 7% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops as a rare special item from:

• CS:GO Weapon Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• CS:GO Weapon Case 2 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• CS:GO Weapon Case 3 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• Operation Bravo Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013)
• Winter Offensive Weapon Case (on sale since Dec 18, 2013)
• eSports 2013 Case (on sale since Jul 9, 2014)

And 5 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 1.6× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 2× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.1× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

By price this skin is 10th of 23 skins Covert Bayonet in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 8% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float keeps the edge and tip noticeably cleaner.
• Look at the inspect screenshot for the patina pattern, as the balance of dark and light blue differs between copies.
• Examine the cutting edge, spine and tip, because these lose the bluing first.
• Check for a name tag and whether it is a StatTrak™ version if either matters to you.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the bluing seen at its cleanest and most even.
• Players who inspect their knife often and notice small details.
• Conclusion: the reference copy of Blue Steel for those who want no compromises on the blade.