★ StatTrak™ Bayonet | Doppler (Minimal Wear) Ruby

Skin overview

This Ruby phase keeps the same solid red blade and dark marbling, and in Minimal Wear the colour still dominates the knife at any viewing distance. Any change sits in small spots near the tip or edge and usually needs close inspection to notice. It suits a buyer who wants the Ruby look and accepts a few barely visible marks in exchange for paying less than for a Factory New copy.

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.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The whole blade, from the tip with its lanyard hole to the fuller groove and the ricasso, is coated in a rich ruby red with darker crimson and near-black marbled clouds. The candy coat gives the red a glossy, slightly translucent depth, and the marbling shifts in placement from copy to copy while the overall colour stays red.

Light wear may appear as tiny specks or a faint thinning of the coating at the tip and along the cutting edge. The fuller, the flat of the blade and the marbling remain fully coloured. At normal distance in game the knife looks practically the same as a Factory New copy. The grip and steel fittings stay clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.08

The float of ★ StatTrak™ Bayonet | Doppler Ruby ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.08 — 12% 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

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter.

What to check before buying

• Look at where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the Factory New border look cleaner on the tip.
• Inspect the tip and cutting edge closely, as these are the first places where the red coating thins.
• Compare how the dark marbling is distributed, because some buyers prefer a blade with more even, brighter red.
• Check whether the copy is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag you are happy to keep.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want the Ruby look in game and do not mind marks that are hard to spot.
• Buyers looking for a lower entry point into this phase.
• A sensible option when the look matters more than a perfect tip.