★ M9 Bayonet | Stained (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Stained finish turns the familiar M9 Bayonet silhouette into a mottled steel piece with smoky dark patches and pale bluish stains. In Minimal Wear any marks sit on the blade edges and the spine, and the blotchy finish hides them easily. In hand it is hard to tell apart from a Factory New copy, which makes it a reasonable compromise.

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 Minimal Wear

The blade is covered in a forced patina of dark charcoal and grey patches with pale blue-grey blotches and thin lighter outlines between them. A polished strip along the cutting edge and the fuller hole stay bright and contrast with the stained metal, while the serrated spine runs dark.

Tiny scuffs may appear on the blade edges and along the serrated spine. The stains themselves remain full and keep their colour. In game the difference from Factory New is practically invisible because the blotchy pattern masks small marks. The flat of the blade, guard and grip read as clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ M9 Bayonet | Stained is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% 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

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 38% dearer
• Field-Tested — 8% cheaper
• Well-Worn — 7% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 11% cheaper

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

By price this skin is 16th of 23 skins Covert M9 Bayonet in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ version

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 16% dearer than the regular one.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade show fewer scuffs on the spine and tip.
• Compare the stain placement on the inspect screen, as some copies carry more blue and others more dark grey on the visible side.
• Look at the serrations, tip and blade edges, which lose the patina first.
• Check for a name tag if you prefer the default item name.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look while saving compared with Factory New.
• Buyers who rarely notice tiny edge marks during inspect.
• A sensible balance between appearance and cost.