★ Bayonet | Doppler (Minimal Wear) Phase 1

Skin overview

This is the same Phase 1 Doppler Bayonet, with dark marbled swirls under a blue-to-pink candy coat that makes the knife easy to spot in an inspect. The Minimal Wear grade covers only a narrow slice of the float range, so the blade still shows its full colour and depth. Any marks are small and sit mostly near the tip and the cutting edge, where you have to look closely to find them.

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.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The blade carries the whole Doppler effect: dark navy and black marbling under a translucent layer that runs from cold blue toward the tip to violet and pink closer to the guard. The fuller and the slot near the tip pick up lighter blue highlights, while darker swirls spread across the flat of the blade.

In Minimal Wear faint scratches can appear at the very tip and in short stretches along the cutting edge, where the coating is thinnest. The flat of the blade, the fuller and the colour gradient remain essentially untouched. At normal viewing distance in first person the difference from Factory New is hard to see, and it shows mainly in a close inspect. The guard and grip look the same as on a clean copy.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.08

The float of ★ Bayonet | Doppler Phase 1 ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.08 — 12% 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:

• 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 check before buying

• Check the inspect screenshots for how much dark marbling versus blue and pink the blade shows, since Phase 1 patterns differ noticeably.
• Look at the tip and the cutting edge, where the first scratches appear.
• Compare the float with where it sits within the wear grade, especially for Minimal Wear copies close to Factory New.
• Check whether the knife has a name tag or StatTrak™, as both change the copy you are buying.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want the same look in first person and accept small marks visible only in a close inspect.
• Buyers entering the Doppler Bayonet line who prefer to save on the cleaner grade.
• Conclusion: nearly the Factory New look with a small compromise at the tip and edge.