As highly sought-after as the "Marble Fade" M9 Bayonet is - the most desirable patterns are the ones with the max amount of red on the tip (without fading into orange.) Unfortunately, there was not a lot of info on the patterns available - so I did the work of going through all the patterns and categorizing them so you don't have to!

Obviously there is a large level of objectivity that must be acknowledged in regards to "tierlists" and I am not claiming that my opinion is the be-all-end-all in regards to the tier ranking - as everyone will have their own opinions and preferences. However, I have manually inspected all 1000 patterns, and have broken them into categories and tiers in hopes of helping you to decide which pattern is best for you!

It should be noted that this list is for the Factory New (FN) condition only and does not include any patterns that are exclusive to Minimal Wear (MW)

To begin, I sorted through every single M9 Bayonet "Marble Fade" pattern available for (FN) to manually to pick out the top BTA (Better Than Average) patterns.

For this guide, I decided to use CSMoney's "Wiki" page to generated png images that give a much clearer view of the pattern.

I then entered the top patterns into a spreadsheet where I sorted and grouped them into categories based on the pattern categories I found. These are the patterns that I came up with:

MAX RED TIP

These are the main focus of the guide and easily the most sought-after of all the patterns. The goal of these patterns is to contain the max amount of red on the tip of the knife without the pattern turning orange at the tip. This means that there will be patterns not included in this category that technically contain more of the red pattern at the tip - but are unfortunately ruined (and discounted by collectors) by the pattern fade continuing into an orange color at the very tip.

Example MAX "Red Tip" Pattern (#41)


 
 
 
The trouble I was running into when categorizing these patterns is that, it can be very difficult to figure out exactly what is acceptable as a "true" Red Tip and what is considered a "fake" one because of how close some of the patterns are to both sides. Some of the patterns are so close (just a few pixels) to "Max Red" patterns that some people may not even consider them to be "Fake Red Tips" - but if you really zoom in or look at them in game - you will see orange (PLEASE NOTE: Steam's compression has slightly altered the color and resolution of the photos I have uploaded and the orange does not look as "orange" in these photos. If you don't believe me - just look them up on the CSMoney Pattern Checker).

Because of this large level of objectivity - I actually created a Twitter poll to determine what most people consider to be the turning point of a "Max Red Tip" to a "Orange Tip."


 
The results were pretty split - so I ended up creating this category for the "Orange Tips" that were so close to a "Max Red" that it would have to be left open to preference. Some collectors may like these more, and some consider any pattern that even has a pixel of orange to be "Fake."

Example MAX "Red Tip w/ Minimal Orange" Pattern (#856)


 
 
 
These are the aforementioned orange-tipped patterns that are considered "fake red-tips" by most collectors. These can still be sought-after patterns to the right collector - as they actually contain slightly more red near the tip (usually) than the true "Red Tips." The orange at the tip of these patterns is actually very minimal - but still contain more orange than the previous patterns. (PLEASE NOTE: Steam's compression has slightly altered the color and resolution of the photos I have uploaded and the orange does not look as "orange" in these photos. If you don't believe me - just look them up on the CSMoney Pattern Checker).Because of this large level of objectivity - I would consider using your own judgement after seeing the photos.

Example "Orange (Fake Red Tip)" Pattern (#314)

THESE PATTERNS ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! - simply because the visual difference is VERY minimal and would be left up to personal preference.

These are the main focus of the guide and easily the most sought-after of all the patterns. The goal of these patterns is to contain the max amount of red on the tip of the knife without the pattern turning orange at the tip. This means that there will be patterns not included in this category that technically contain more of the red pattern at the tip - but are unfortunately ruined (and discounted by collectors) by the pattern fade continuing into an orange color at the very tip.

Pattern #34
 
Pattern #41
 
Pattern #87
 
Pattern #93 

Pattern #205 

Pattern #256 

Pattern #326 

Pattern #341 

Pattern #348 

Pattern #403 

Pattern #468 

Pattern #520 

Pattern #527 

Pattern #575 

Pattern #583 

Pattern #601 

Pattern #636 

Pattern #648 

Pattern #668 

Pattern #714 

Pattern #742 

Pattern #763 

Pattern #807 

Pattern #834 

Pattern #897 

Pattern #892 

Pattern #910 

Pattern #911 

Pattern #943 

Pattern #944 

Pattern #961 

Pattern #975

THESE PATTERNS ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! - simply because the visual difference is VERY minimal and would be left up to personal preference.


The trouble I was running into when categorizing these patterns is that, it can be very difficult to figure out exactly what is acceptable as a "true" Red Tip and what is considered a "fake" one because of how close some of the patterns are to both sides. Some of the patterns are so close (just a few pixels) to "Max Red" patterns that some people may not even consider them to be "Fake Red Tips" - but if you really zoom in or look at them in game - you will see orange (PLEASE NOTE: Steam's compression has slightly altered the color and resolution of the photos I have uploaded and the orange does not look as "orange" in these photos. If you don't believe me - just look them up on the CSMoney Pattern Checker).

Because of this large level of objectivity - I actually created a Twitter poll to determine what most people consider to be the turning point of a "Max Red Tip" to a "Orange Tip."


 
The results were pretty split - so I ended up creating this category for the "Orange Tips" that were so close to a "Max Red" that it would have to be left open to preference. Some collectors may like these more, and some consider any pattern that even has a pixel of orange to be "Fake."


Pattern #107
 
Pattern #147
 
Pattern #201

Pattern #380

Pattern #399

Pattern #422

Pattern #517
 
Pattern #550
 
Pattern #571
 
Pattern #577

Pattern #745

Pattern #747

Pattern #800

Pattern #824
 
Pattern #825
 
Pattern #856
 
Pattern #936

Pattern #981

THESE PATTERNS ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! - simply because the visual difference is VERY minimal and would be left up to personal preference.

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for this category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of this category.

These are the aforementioned orange-tipped patterns that are considered "fake red-tips" by most collectors. These can still be sought-after patterns to the right collector - as they actually contain slightly more red near the tip (usually) than the true "Red Tips." The orange at the tip of these patterns is actually very minimal - but still contain more orange than the previous patterns. (PLEASE NOTE: Steam's compression has slightly altered the color and resolution of the photos I have uploaded and the orange does not look as "orange" in these photos. If you don't believe me - just look them up on the CSMoney Pattern Checker).Because of this large level of objectivity - I would consider using your own judgement after seeing the photos.

TIER 1

Pattern #29
 
Pattern #46
 
Pattern #84

Pattern #150

Pattern #224
 
Pattern #236
 
Pattern #278

Pattern #313

Pattern #314
 
Pattern #395
 
Pattern #401

Pattern #465

Pattern #486
 
Pattern #514
 
Pattern #599

Pattern #657

Pattern #690
 
Pattern #751
 
Pattern #781

Pattern #789

Pattern #827
 
Pattern #840
 
Pattern #849

Pattern #956

Pattern #968 
 

TIER 2

Pattern #64
 
Pattern #80

Pattern #136
 
Pattern #137

Pattern #141

Pattern #172
 
Pattern #173
 
Pattern #223

Pattern #435

Pattern #447
 
Pattern #455
 
Pattern #462

Pattern #482

Pattern #572
 
Pattern #597
 
Pattern #608

Pattern #640

Pattern #712
 
Pattern #726
 
Pattern #813

Pattern #838

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

21, 30, 73, 89, 94, 130, 145, 211, 260, 282, 377, 381, 466, 511, 536, 566, 568, 665, 677, 759, 762, 798

If you appreciate the excruciating amount of long and boring work that went into this guide I would really appreciate a follow on Twitter or just leave a like, review or "Steam Award" on this guide so more people can find it! <3

CptnKraken out!

Special thanks to CS.Money for use of their pattern Wiki!

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