If you’re hunting a legendary M9 Bayonet that reads clearly in first person, Lore is the one where the whole pitch is the knot—not extra clutter Valve never promised. Officially it’s a custom paint job built around rope-knot styling, tagged Custom Hand-Painted. That means your buy decision lives in pattern placement and how much wear eats the lines, not in chasing rarity alone.

Quick specs (verify on listing)

• Weapon: Knife — M9 Bayonet
• Finish: Lore
• Rarity: Legendary
• Style: Custom Hand-Painted
• Float cap: 0.0 ~ 0.65
• Case: Gamma 2 Case — dropped since 15 Jun 2016 (Gamma Exposure / Gamma 2 wave)

Where it comes from

Unbox from Gamma 2, or buy the knife already rolled on C5GAME / Steam Community Market. The skin file is the same either way; only float and screenshots change what you pay for.

Wear & inspect — what to look for

With a 0.65 ceiling, Lore spans from crisp knot strokes to noticeably softened edges and more base metal showing through. Thumbnails lie often on hand-painted knives: two listings at “similar wear” can look worlds apart.

In-game inspect checklist:

1. Knot lines on the blade — still readable or washed out?
2. Handle / guard areas — any wear spots that break the motif for you?
3. Compare actual float inside the 0.0–0.65 band; don’t fixate on a single tier name without seeing the knife.

Price sanity (shop framing)

Legendary M9 finishes from the 2016 Gamma era sit in a mature part of the market: supply is mostly secondary, so wear + screenshot quality drive spreads more than hype drops. Use market filters for M9 Bayonet + Lore + float range, shortlist a few floats, then decide after inspect—not the other way around.

导购结论

Worth buying if you want a clean, motif-forward M9 and you’re willing to inspect 2–3 candidates in your float band. Pass or keep searching if the knot looks muddy in inspect or wear hits the lines you care about—Lore doesn’t forgive bad floats with “but it’s legendary.”

专家碎碎念

Valve kept the story simple: knots, hand-painted, done. That’s a feature for buyers—you’re not decoding hidden symbols, just asking “does this float still look like rope work?” Gamma 2 unboxing nostalgia is nice, but in 2026 you’re usually paying for the exact roll. Treat C5GAME and Steam as the same finish, different convenience; your job is still the same: float, inspect, then pay.