I will either prove or disprove this in 24 hours :-)

Shockingly I proved this absolutely true. in 4 hours someone bought it for 1 ref. Wow. Upvote. And I wasn't expecting to upvote. With only 12 views too >>

http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/5796451

I actually sold mine for a craft hat a few weeks ago.

Think I can agree with this, some people seem to have been willing to pay 1 ref for a while.

I bought one of these for two scrap a while back. From what I've seen these don't sell for less than 2 rec now. It's not rare, but the demand is quite high compared to other vintage weapons.