★ M9 Bayonet | Forest DDPAT (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This is the M9 Bayonet in a forest-toned DDPAT camo: small square blocks of beige, olive and dark green over the blade and a green handle. Minimal Wear keeps the camo practically intact, with only tiny marks that are hard to spot even when inspecting. For most buyers it reads the same as the cleanest grade in hand.

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 Minimal Wear

The blade is covered in a digital camouflage of square blocks in sand, olive, light green and dark forest green, with small brown accents. The pattern runs over the whole blade, including the sawback teeth on the spine and the area around the hole near the tip, while the cutting edge is outlined by a thin dark line.

Wear is limited to tiny specks at the very tip and possibly on the spine teeth. These marks are lost in the camo pattern and are almost impossible to see at normal distance. The flat of the blade, the guard and the handle remain clean. Visually it stays very close to Factory New.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of ★ M9 Bayonet | Forest DDPAT ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 11% 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:

• 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.

Price by quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2.5× dearer
• Field-Tested — 11% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 9% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 6% cheaper

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

Among 23 skins of the M9 Bayonet in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 22nd by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 18% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the tip and the sawback teeth in inspect, since that is where wear shows first.
• Check the float position within the grade, as low-float copies of worn grades keep noticeably more camo.
• Compare the pattern placement near the tip and the hole, as some copies show more dark or more sand blocks there.
• Check whether a StatTrak™ version or a name tag is present if that matters to you.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look while paying less than for Factory New.
• Buyers who rarely inspect up close and want the camo intact.
• Conclusion: the practical choice for a clean-looking knife.