About ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened
The ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened in Field-Tested is the wear-tier-with-discount entry to the seed-driven blue-gem pattern lottery on the M9 Bayonet. Same Arms Deal Collection (August 2013) lineage as MW/FN versions, same broad-blade canvas for the colour distribution, but at the wear tier where pattern-first buyers can chase tier-1 M9 Case Hardened seeds at a meaningful discount.
Pattern dominates over wear on M9 Case Hardened FT
The seed-defined colour distribution does not change between wear tiers - a Tier-1 Blue Gem on M9 Case Hardened FT shows the same high-blue play face as on MW or FN. The wear hits the steel substrate between the colour patches, not the patches themselves. Trader-tracked M9 Case Hardened seeds carry premiums proportional to seed quality, and high-tier blue gems at FT command meaningful multiples of average-pattern Factory New copies. FT is the practical pattern-first access tier on M9.
