★ M9 Bayonet | Slaughter (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ M9 Bayonet | Slaughter is a knife with a deep tomato-red candy coat over light and dark zebra stripes, so the blade looks like layered red flame. In Factory New the coat is glossy and unbroken, and the contrast between the bright and dark stripes is at its sharpest. This grade is for buyers who want the finish exactly as intended, with no bare steel showing on the tip or spine teeth.

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.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The whole blade is covered with a tomato-red candy coat laid over a zebra-like stripe pattern, where brighter pinkish bands alternate with darker crimson ones. The stripes run diagonally along the blade, from the tip past the finger hole down to the ricasso, and their exact layout differs from copy to copy. The serrated teeth on the spine catch light as silvery highlights, while the crossguard, the ring and the pommel cap have a pale pink metallic tint. The ridged grip stays dark grey-black and is not part of the paint. On worn copies the coat goes first at the tip, along the cutting edge and on the spine teeth, then spreads to the edges of the guard.

The candy coat is intact from tip to ricasso, with no exposed steel on the edge or the spine teeth. The stripes keep full contrast and the red has an even, deep gloss. In game the blade looks saturated and clean from any angle of the inspect animation. The guard, the ring and the pommel keep their pink tint without marks.

Factory New wear: float 0.01–0.07

The whole float range of ★ M9 Bayonet | Slaughter is 0.01–0.26; Factory New takes the 0.01–0.07 segment (24% 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

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 15% cheaper
• Field-Tested — 18% cheaper

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

Among 23 skins of the M9 Bayonet in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 13th 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 13% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the grade, because low-float copies show noticeably less bare steel at the tip and spine.
• Look at the stripe layout in the inspect view, since some buyers value copies with clear, recognisable shapes on the visible side of the blade.
• Inspect the spine teeth and the cutting edge closely, as these parts lose the coat first.
• Check for a name tag and the StatTrak™ counter if either matters to you.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the candy coat completely intact and the stripes at full contrast.
• Players who inspect their knife often and notice every mark on the tip.
• The choice for an untouched finish.