★ M9 Bayonet | Boreal Forest (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

This is the M9 Bayonet in forest camouflage, recognisable by the green and olive blotches and the long serrated spine. Battle-Scarred is the most affordable way into the knife: the camo survives mostly in the middle of the blade and on the grip, while edges and raised parts show heavy bare metal. It keeps the full M9 Bayonet model and animations, which is what most buyers of this grade are after.

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

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The blade is covered with a hydrographic forest camouflage of olive, khaki, light green and teal blotches, running from the tip across the fuller hole and up to the serrated spine. A darker grey band follows the cutting edge, framing the camo along the lower line of the blade.

Large parts of the blade are scraped to metal, especially toward the tip and along both edges, leaving the camo as broken patches. The ring, guard edges, grip ridges and pommel are heavily worn. In game the knife reads as grey steel with scattered green spots rather than a full camouflage. Only the centre of the blade and the deeper parts of the grip keep solid paint.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of ★ M9 Bayonet | Boreal Forest is 0.06–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (47% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

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.

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 3.2× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 5% dearer
• Field-Tested — 5% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2% cheaper

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

Among 18 skins of the M9 Bayonet in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 16th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 7% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade show visibly less steel on the tip and edge.
• Inspect the tip, the cutting edge and the spine teeth first, because that is where this hydrographic finish loses paint before anything else.
• Check the muzzle ring and the grip ridges on worn copies, as chips there are visible in the inspect animation.
• Note whether the knife is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag, as both change the item you are buying.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players who mainly want the M9 Bayonet model and animations.
• Budget entry into knives for those not concerned about bare steel.
• The cheapest way to carry this knife, with the look of heavy use.