AK-47 | First Class (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This AK-47 pairs green leather panels with a gunmetal receiver and a reddish-brown grip. At Minimal Wear the look stays almost identical to Factory New, with at most faint marks on edges that are hard to spot in game. It suits a buyer who wants the clean look without paying for the top grade.

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.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

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.

Small light marks may appear on the very edges of the handguard leather and the stock heel. The receiver can show a few tiny scuffs that need a close look to find. At normal distance in game it looks the same as Factory New. The grip, magazine and leather panels stay clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of AK-47 | First Class ranges from 0 to 1; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 8% 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 Minimal Wear quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 33% dearer
• Field-Tested — 1.6× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 1.8× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 1.9× 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 should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look in game for less than Factory New.
• Sticker crafters for whom tiny edge marks do not matter.
• Conclusion: a sensible balance between look and cost.