★ Driver Gloves | Black Tie (Factory New)

Skin overview

★ Driver Gloves | Black Tie pair a dark leather back with a white palm, a contrast that recalls formal evening wear. A woven lattice panel sits on the back of each hand, and perforated fingers complete the driving-glove look. In Factory New the white palm stays bright and the dark leather keeps an even sheen, so the contrast is at its sharpest.

Item type: gloves. Extraordinary is the gloves rarity: in cases they are the rare special item, above any weapon skin.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The back of each glove is dark grey-black leather, with a raised woven lattice panel set over the back of the hand and stitched seams outlining the cuff and fingers. The fingers carry rows of small perforations typical of driving gloves. The palm and the inner side of the fingers are white leather, so the pair shows a strong dark-on-light contrast when the hands turn. On worn copies the first to suffer are the fingertips, the knuckles and the raised strands of the weave, followed by the cuff edges, while the white palm gradually collects grey grime and stains.

The float range of these gloves starts close to the upper edge of Factory New, so this grade is narrow and every copy sits near its limit. The dark leather looks even and the weave keeps crisp edges. The white palm is clean, which is the main thing buyers of this grade pay for. In first-person view the pair looks sharp and uniform.

Factory New quality — float range 0.06–0.07

The whole float range of ★ Driver Gloves | Black Tie is 0.06–0.8; Factory New takes the 0.06–0.07 segment (1% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Operation Broken Fang Case
• Snakebite Case
• Recoil Case

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 4.2× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 9.8× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 11× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 13× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 20 skins of the Driver Gloves in the Extraordinary grade and this quality, this skin ranks 9th by price, counting from the dearest.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the grade, since the white palm shows grime quickly as wear grows.
• Look at the fingertips and knuckles in the inspect view, as they wear before the rest of the glove.
• Inspect the woven panel on the back of the hand, because its raised strands lose colour early.
• Turn the hands in the preview to see the palm, which is less visible in normal play but shows dirt clearly.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the cleanest available white palm.
• Players who value a sharp, uniform black-and-white look in first-person view.
• The top grade for those who accept the narrowest choice of copies.