About ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened
The ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened in Well-Worn is the procedurally generated steel-tempering finish on the M9 Bayonet at the WW wear tier - the budget entry to one of the most pattern-driven M9 finishes. Case Hardened on M9 carries the same blue-and-gold colour-blotch palette as on Karambit, Bayonet, and Huntsman, with the same pattern-lottery economics that put high-blue pattern seeds well above the standard tier.
Pattern lottery on M9 Case Hardened at WW
Case Hardened pricing is pattern-driven first and float-driven second - WW just decides the float-tier band within the pattern bucket. The collector hierarchy on M9 Case Hardened: high-blue, blue-gem (the apex tier with specific seed numbers), Tier 1/2/3 pattern lists maintained by trader communities, and standard. A WW high-blue M9 Case Hardened can sit at multiple-multiplier premiums over a WW standard-pattern copy. The wear tier opens the entry price without removing the pattern-lottery value driver.
Why WW remains a credible Case Hardened buy
Case Hardened has no fine illustration to lose to wear - the colour blotches are bold enough to read clearly 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 that scuffs. The M9's broad blade carries the pattern across the full play face, and WW keeps the central design legible while the wear sits on the edges. For pattern-focused M9 buyers, WW is the practical budget entry that keeps the pattern-lottery economics intact at a lower float-tier base.
