★ StatTrak™ Bayonet | Blue Steel (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Bayonet | Blue Steel pairs a dark, cold-blued blade with the knife's standard olive grip and plain metal guard. The blade shifts between deep blue-black and lighter steel-blue tones depending on the light. In Factory New the bluing is even and unbroken from spine to edge, so the colour transitions are seen at their cleanest.

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.

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The blade is covered in a dark cold-blued patina that ranges from near-black to a lighter steel blue, with the long fuller and the hole near the tip picking up the same tone. The colour is not perfectly uniform: patina skins vary the distribution of lighter and darker blue from copy to copy.

The patina is complete across the whole blade, including the edge and tip. The fuller and the hole near the tip keep crisp dark outlines. In game the blade reads as a smooth, deep blue surface with no visible marks. Grip and guard look exactly as on the image.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of ★ StatTrak™ Bayonet | Blue Steel is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% 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

Among 23 skins of the Bayonet in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 11th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ version

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter. Right now the StatTrak™ version is 8% dearer than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float keeps the edge and tip noticeably cleaner.
• Look at the inspect screenshot for the patina pattern, as the balance of dark and light blue differs between copies.
• Examine the cutting edge, spine and tip, because these lose the bluing first.
• Check for a name tag and whether it is a StatTrak™ version if either matters to you.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the bluing seen at its cleanest and most even.
• Players who inspect their knife often and notice small details.
• Conclusion: the reference copy of Blue Steel for those who want no compromises on the blade.