★ StatTrak™ M9 Bayonet | Boreal Forest (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ M9 Bayonet | Boreal Forest is a hydrographic forest camouflage in olive, khaki, light green and teal blotches laid over the whole knife. In Factory New the camo is complete from tip to pommel, with crisp edges between the colour patches and no bare steel showing. It suits a buyer who wants a quiet, military-looking knife in its cleanest state.

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.

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 with a hydrographic forest camouflage of olive, khaki, light green and teal blotches, running from the tip across the fuller hole and up to the serrated spine. A darker grey band follows the cutting edge, framing the camo along the lower line of the blade.

The camouflage is intact on the blade, guard and grip, with no bare steel on the tip or the spine teeth. Because the lowest possible float for this skin is above zero, Factory New copies sit in a narrow band at the bottom of the range and all look very similar. In game the colours are even and the edges of the patches are sharp. Every part, including the ring and pommel, looks clean.

Factory New wear: float 0.06–0.07

The float of ★ StatTrak™ M9 Bayonet | Boreal Forest ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Factory New quality covers 0.06–0.07 — 1% 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:

• 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

Among 23 skins of the M9 Bayonet in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 20th 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 1.9× cheaper than the regular one.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade show visibly less steel on the tip and edge.
• Inspect the tip, the cutting edge and the spine teeth first, because that is where this hydrographic finish loses paint before anything else.
• Check the muzzle ring and the grip ridges on worn copies, as chips there are visible in the inspect animation.
• Note whether the knife is StatTrak™ and whether it carries a name tag, as both change the item you are buying.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the camo complete on every part of the knife.
• Players who prefer a clean, understated knife over a bright one.
• The pick for those who want this finish without compromise.