AK-47 | First Class (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

AK-47 | First Class reads mostly through its two colours: deep green leather and grey metal. In Field-Tested the leather edges start to lighten and the receiver picks up small scuffs, which gives the rifle a used, lived-in feel. The green panels still read clearly at normal distance.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

Appearance in Field-Tested

The handguard and the stock are wrapped in dark green leather with a fine grain texture. The receiver, top cover, gas tube and magazine are a plain gunmetal grey, and the barrel and front sight are dark.

The leather edges on the handguard and stock lighten visibly and the corners look rubbed. Scuffs appear on the receiver, the top cover and the bottom of the magazine. In game the rifle reads as used but tidy, with the green still dominant. The central parts of the leather panels mostly keep their colour.

Field-Tested quality — float range 0.15–0.38

The float of AK-47 | First Class ranges from 0 to 1; the Field-Tested quality covers 0.15–0.38 — 23% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

AK-47 | First Class belongs to The Baggage Collection, which holds 15 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

Compared with the Field-Tested quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 2.3× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 1.6× dearer
• Well-Worn — 13% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 17% cheaper

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

Among 9 skins of the AK-47 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin is the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, cream, brown and dark green stickers suit the leather-and-metal look. Placements on the grey receiver stand out best, since the green panels can swallow darker stickers.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade look noticeably better.
• Look at the edges of the handguard leather and the stock heel, as these lighten first.
• Inspect the receiver and magazine for scratches on worn copies.
• Check applied stickers and name tag, since they change the look of a plain finish a lot.

Who the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players who like a used, lived-in leather look.
• Buyers who want the finish to read well in game at a moderate cost.
• Conclusion: a practical everyday grade.