★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened (Field-Tested)

The ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened in Field-Tested (FT) is a Covert rank CS2 bayonet with the ★ mark, its blade swept in blue, purple and gold. The float here runs from 0.15 to 0.38, which is 23% of the whole 0.00 to 1.00 scale.

What the ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened looks like in Field-Tested

The blade is flooded with swirls of blue, purple and golden yellow, and the tones lighten at the tip and along the edge. The handle is black and ribbed, and the guard and the lanyard ring have a brass cast. Valve says the color comes from hardening through charcoal at high temperature.

Field-Tested is the middle of the wear scale.

Where the ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened came from

Valve describes the M9 Bayonet as a blade conceived to mount on a rifle and suited to close combat. Case Hardened drops from eleven cases. The first of them is the CS:GO Weapon Case, and the Revolver Case is on the list too.

What to check before buying

Choosing a particular ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened comes down to these points:

• the float: in this wear both 0.15 and 0.38 fit, and such listings look different;


• the pattern: check the colors on the blade against the picture of the listing itself;


• the name tag: it is allowed on Case Hardened, while the knife takes no stickers;


• StatTrak: Case Hardened with that feature is a different item in the catalog.

What the ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened costs in Field-Tested

Factory New costs 2.69 times as much, Minimal Wear 1.14 times. Well-Worn is 1.12 times cheaper and Battle-Scarred 1.11 times.

Among Covert M9 Bayonet finishes in this wear, Case Hardened stands above the middle of a row of 18: 14 are cheaper and three dearer. Those three are Blue Steel (level with Case Hardened), Slaughter and Autotronic, with Autotronic 1.3 times higher. A little below come Lore, Crimson Web and Black Laminate, about a tenth cheaper, and the row closes with Boreal Forest, Safari Mesh and Forest DDPAT.

Getting the ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened

It comes from eleven cases, the CS:GO Weapon Case among them, and the float in Field-Tested is written in for good at the moment of opening.

Five Covert skins of one type, all normal or all StatTrak, can be traded for a rare special item. There the ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened in Field-Tested cannot be chosen.

Is there a StatTrak version

The ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened with StatTrak exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested on the ★ M9 Bayonet | Case Hardened is worth buying in these situations:

• you want a bayonet with blue and gold in the finish and light signs of wear do not bother you;


• in CS2 the knife is in the right hand every round, and a bright blade sets the tone of a loadout;


• paying 1.14 times more for Minimal Wear is not justified by the float.