★ Sport Gloves | Slingshot (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The red back panel with its fine dotted texture and the pale chevron at the cuff are what set these gloves apart. Minimal Wear keeps that look almost intact: only small scuffs on the knuckle edges show up on close inspection. In the first-person view they read the same as a clean pair and usually cost less.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The back of the hand is covered in red synthetic fabric with a fine perforated texture, divided into panels by thin light trim lines. Pale grey inserts run along the fingers, and a light chevron-shaped patch sits near the wrist.

Light scuffs appear on the knuckle edges and the tips of the trim lines. The red remains saturated across the main panels, and the inserts stay pale. The palm looks practically unchanged. At normal viewing distance the difference from Factory New is hard to spot.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of ★ Sport Gloves | Slingshot is 0.06–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

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 Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 4.6× dearer
• Field-Tested — 2.4× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 3× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 4.4× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 9th of 19 skins Extraordinary Sport Gloves in this quality (the first being the dearest).

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since copies near the top of a grade look noticeably cleaner on the knuckles.
• Check the knuckles and fingertip edges in the inspect view, as they lose colour first.
• Compare the brightness of the pale finger inserts, which grey out as wear grows.
• Inspect the palm for grime, because it shows dirt clearly in the lower grades.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Owners of red or white weapon skins looking for a matching pair.
• Conclusion: the most balanced option between appearance and cost.