★ M9 Bayonet | Doppler (Factory New) Phase 3

Skin overview

★ M9 Bayonet | Doppler (Phase 3) is a full-size bayonet with a candy-coated blade in deep blue, with teal and green streaks and dark marbled smoke. In Factory New the coating is unbroken from the tip to the guard, so the colour shifts read cleanly across the whole blade. This is the grade for a buyer who wants the finish exactly as intended.

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: Minimal Wear.

Appearance in Factory New

The blade carries the Doppler coating: a deep blue base that shifts to violet along the spine and to teal and green near the guard, with dark smoky marbling running through it. The serrated saw-back and the hole near the tip sit inside the colour field and break it up with sharp light highlights. The guard and muzzle ring are finished in dark blue-violet that matches the blade. The handle is a black ribbed grip with a grey pommel and carries no pattern. On worn copies the coating goes first at the very tip of the blade, along the cutting edge and on the saw-back teeth.

In Factory New the coating on the blade is intact, including the tip, the edge and the saw-back teeth. Copies near the top of the range may show a barely visible speck at the very tip only on close inspection. At normal distance and in the inspect animation the blade looks glossy and uniform. The guard, ring and handle look clean.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of ★ M9 Bayonet | Doppler Phase 3 ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 88% 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

• Look at the screenshot of the specific copy, since the balance of blue, violet and green differs from one pattern to another.
• Check the tip of the blade and the saw-back teeth, where the first scratches show up.
• Note where the float sits within the wear range, as copies near the top of a grade show marks earlier.
• Check whether the knife has a name tag and whether a StatTrak™ counter is present if that matters to you.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the Doppler coating with no visible marks on the blade.
• Players who use the inspect animation often and want the colour to look perfect up close.
• Factory New suits a buyer who treats the knife as a long-term showpiece.