★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened is a large bayonet with a heat-treated patina finish that mixes blue, purple and gold tones across the blade. In Factory New the colours are at their deepest and the transitions between blue and gold look clean and saturated. This is the grade for buyers who want the pattern exactly as it was generated, with nothing dulling it.

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 carries the main patina: irregular patches of blue and purple flow into warm gold and yellow, with darker tones along the spine and near the guard. The serrated spine teeth and the cutout near the tip catch the light and break up the pattern. The guard and the ring are covered in the same treatment with a mostly gold, olive tone. The grip is black and ribbed, which keeps attention on the coloured steel. On worn copies the tip, the cutting edge and the spine teeth lose colour first, followed by the raised parts of the guard.

The patina is intact across the blade, guard and ring. Colour transitions are crisp and the gold areas look bright. In game the blade reads as clean, saturated metal from every angle. Nothing on the knife shows signs of use.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

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 Factory New quality, the others go like this:

• Minimal Wear — 2.2× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 2.6× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.7× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.9× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 4th of 23 skins Covert M9 Bayonet in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 1.6× dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• The pattern matters most on this skin, so check how much blue covers the blade and the side you see in game.
• Look at the float position within the wear range, since cleaner copies keep stronger colour on the tip and edge.
• Inspect the tip, cutting edge and spine teeth, as these parts lose colour first.
• Check whether there is a name tag and whether it suits the knife.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the patina at full saturation.
• Players who inspect their knife often and want no visible marks.
• Conclusion: the choice for maximum colour and condition.