About ★ M9 Bayonet | Tiger Tooth
The ★ M9 Bayonet | Tiger Tooth in Minimal Wear is the practical entry to the gold Tiger Tooth look on M9 — same finish as Factory New, same Chroma Case (January 2015) lineage, but at a price point that opens the door to traders who don't want to pay the FN float premium. The Tiger Tooth pattern shows full strength on the M9's long blade in MW; the chrome layer has not yet started to dull, and the gold reflectivity is intact at any normal viewing distance.
Why MW is the trader's sweet spot here
Tiger Tooth is one of the finishes where the FN-to-MW visual delta is small but the FN-to-MW price delta is large. MW copies preserve the saturated yellow-gold cast and the high-contrast striping; you lose only the faint micro-scratch-free perfection of FN. For buyers stacking a knife collection rather than chasing top floats, MW is where the real volume of Tiger Tooth trades happens.
What changes vs the FN copy
The chrome surface in MW shows the first slight haze in extreme close-ups — but in standard third-person knife view, the difference is imperceptible. Wear scratches don't begin to bite until FT, which is where the look starts to dull genuinely. For the gold Tiger Tooth aesthetic on M9, MW is the floor of the clean tier, not a compromise — it's the practical buyer's pick.
