About ★ Bayonet | Case Hardened
The ★ Bayonet | Case Hardened in Well-Worn is the procedurally generated steel-tempering finish on the original Bayonet model at the WW wear tier — the budget tier for one of the most pattern-driven Bayonet finishes. Case Hardened pricing on Bayonet stays pattern-driven first and float-driven second, with WW opening the entry below MW and FT while the pattern-tier value driver remains intact.
Pattern lottery on Bayonet Case Hardened at WW
The Case Hardened pattern hierarchy applies the same way at WW as at higher wear tiers: high-blue patterns command multi-multiplier premiums over standard, blue-gem-tier seeds at the absolute apex. A WW high-blue Bayonet Case Hardened can sit at meaningful premium over a WW standard-pattern copy at the same float, with the wear tier just deciding the float-tier base within the pattern bucket.
Why WW works on Bayonet Case Hardened
Case Hardened has no fine illustration to lose to wear — the colour blotches are bold enough to read at WW. The wave/blotch pattern survives the wear tier because the colours are layered into the substrate rather than as a fine paint design. The Bayonet's broad blade carries the pattern across the full play face, and the wear at WW sits on the edges rather than across the central design.
