★ Bayonet | Doppler (Factory New) Phase 2

Skin overview

★ Bayonet | Doppler (Phase 2) is a long military knife whose blade carries the Doppler marbled finish in Phase 2 colours: saturated pink and magenta over darker violet swirls. In Factory New the candy coat looks unbroken from the tip to the guard, so the colour stays deep and even across the whole blade. This is the grade for a buyer who wants the finish exactly as it looks in the preview.

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

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear.

Appearance in Factory New

The finish covers only the blade: pink and magenta dominate, broken up by darker purple and almost black marbled veins that run along its length. The fuller groove and the hole near the tip pick up lighter, glossy highlights, which make the colour look layered rather than flat. The crossguard stays bare grey steel, and the ridged grip keeps its olive-khaki colour with a steel pommel, so the bright blade contrasts with a muted military handle. Each copy has its own distribution of pink, purple and dark patches, so two Phase 2 blades can look noticeably different. On worn copies the paint goes first at the tip, along the cutting edge and on the spine, where the candy coat starts to show small scratches.

In Factory New the blade shows no scratches, and the candy coat keeps a uniform gloss over the tip, edge and spine. The pink and violet marbling reads clearly both in inspect and in first-person view during normal play. Copies at the higher end of the range may hide a barely visible speck near the tip, noticeable only up close. The grip and crossguard look the same as in any other grade.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of ★ Bayonet | Doppler Phase 2 ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 88% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Chroma Case (on sale since Jan 8, 2015)
• Chroma 2 Case (on sale since Apr 15, 2015)
• Chroma 3 Case

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the pattern on the inspect screen, since the share of pink versus dark purple and black patches differs from copy to copy.
• Check the tip and cutting edge, because these are the first places where scratches show.
• Note where the float sits within the wear range, as a low float in Minimal Wear can look close to Factory New.
• Check whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it has a name tag you are happy to keep.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want an unmarked blade and a clean inspect.
• Players who build a pink or purple themed inventory around the knife.
• The grade for those who value a perfect surface over savings.