Team Fortress 2
Does anyone have any information on the 14 Painted Cow-Manglers?
For anyone that doesn't know, during the Item Schema update, for a very brief period, (approximately 8 minutes, I have heard,) the Cow-Mangler 5000 became paintable, but only with team-colour paints. This happened because, unlike other weapons which use two separate VTFs for team colours, the Chicken Strangler 8=D uses the same methods used to paint cosmetics, and as a result, there exist a few painted Cow Manglers in the Team Fortress 2 economy. These weapons are even cosmetically painted as well as having the painted icon in their backpack icons, and the tagline in their stats.

https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Cow_Mangler_5000
http://stats.tf/item/441/The_Cow_Mangler_5000
http://backpack.tf/overview/Cow%20Mangler%205000

Current Knowledge
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198042353044/inventory#440_2_4945094781
One (the one above) is Strange, and belongs to 💕 iShy 💕.

There are 14
6 of these are painted with Balaclavas Are Forever,
4 with Team Spirit,
and 4 are painted with The Value of Teamwork.

There may also be:
5 Balaclavas are Forever,
5 Value of Teamworks,
and 4 Team Spirits, as it is debatable, whether you are going by Stats.tf or Backpack.tf

There were 27 painted Cow Manglers in 2013.



You know anything else? Let me know, I'm trying to track down as many of them as I can.
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Jonas Aug 22, 2016 @ 5:46pm 
Whaaa
Hyper G-man Aug 22, 2016 @ 5:48pm 
it can affect the projectiles too
Originally posted by Hyper G-MAN:
it can affect the projectiles too
That seemingly only happened before the July 10, 2013 patch.
Toyfan1 Aug 22, 2016 @ 5:50pm 
Originally posted by Derk:
Whaaa
yes. It happened a long tim ago read up on it.



Originally posted by ZOWZZii | Spirit.tf |📱✔:
For anyone that doesn't know, during the Item Schema update, for a very brief period, (approximately 8 minutes, I have heard,) the Cow-Mangler 5000 became paintable, but only with team-colour paints. This happened because, unlike other weapons which use two separate VTFs for team colours, the Chicken Strangler 8=D uses the same methods used to paint cosmetics, and as a result, there exist a few painted Cow Manglers in the Team Fortress 2 economy. These weapons are even cosmetically painted as well as having the painted icon in their backpack icons, and the tagline in their stats.

https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Cow_Mangler_5000
http://stats.tf/item/441/The_Cow_Mangler_5000
http://backpack.tf/overview/Cow%20Mangler%205000

Current Knowledge
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198042353044/inventory#440_2_4945094781
One (the one above) is Strange, and belongs to 💕 iShy 💕.

There are 14
6 of these are painted with Balaclavas Are Forever,
4 with Team Spirit,
and 4 are painted with The Value of Teamwork.

There may also be:
5 Balaclavas are Forever,
5 Value of Teamworks,
and 4 Team Spirits, as it is debatable, whether you are going by Stats.tf or Backpack.tf

There were 27 painted Cow Manglers in 2013.



You know anything else? Let me know, I'm trying to track down as many of them as I can.
IIRC Correctly, there were 2 collored cream I saw in a trade server before, but I couldn't give specifcis as I lost those profiles and the server it was on. But if you want anymore information, these forums wouldn't help.
Try reddit.
Originally posted by Toyfan1: The Keyboard Warrior:
Originally posted by Derk:
Whaaa
yes. It happened a long tim ago read up on it.



Originally posted by ZOWZZii | Spirit.tf |📱✔:
OP
IIRC Correctly, there were 2 collored cream I saw in a trade server before, but I couldn't give specifcis as I lost those profiles and the server it was on. But if you want anymore information, these forums wouldn't help.
Try reddit.
To my knowledge there are no cream-coloured ones, and it is extremely rare to see one in a server, as they are seemingly the rarest weapon in-game.
Last edited by deploy a dispenser here; Aug 22, 2016 @ 5:57pm
Toyfan1 Aug 22, 2016 @ 5:58pm 
I know its one of the rarest, I was just giving my lackluster information on it.
Why? are you looking to buy one?
Originally posted by Toyfan1: The Keyboard Warrior:
I know its one of the rarest, I was just giving my lackluster information on it.
Why? are you looking to buy one?
Well, eventually.

I was just noting how lucky you would be if you were to find one in a server.
Blumberquack Aug 22, 2016 @ 6:07pm 
Good luck trying to find one, i'd assume most of them (if not all of them) are sitting in collectors backpacks.
Originally posted by Scrumpy:
Good luck trying to find one, i'd assume most of them (if not all of them) are sitting in collectors backpacks.
iShy is selling hers, and she hasn't had a response in a LOOONG time.
wait I want to know who still has these I cant find anyone wnamed ishy so can anyone help?
among us balls Apr 15, 2020 @ 7:36pm 
Originally posted by lonely ♥♥♥♥♥♥:
wait I want to know who still has these I cant find anyone wnamed ishy so can anyone help?
Don't necro 3 year old threads. Regardless there's 8 known left out of the original 14, and old sales range from 700-900 keys. Good luck finding any of them.
Originally posted by lonely ♥♥♥♥♥♥:

She now goes by Atalyth but no longer owns the cow mangler it seems.
LaithLKC Nov 18, 2020 @ 10:11am 
Originally posted by Sperm Bank Cafeteria Milkshake:
Originally posted by Scrumpy:
Good luck trying to find one, i'd assume most of them (if not all of them) are sitting in collectors backpacks.
iShy is selling hers, and she hasn't had a response in a LOOONG time.

Who is this? Also, where is she now?
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Date Posted: Aug 22, 2016 @ 5:45pm
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