AK-47 | Slate (Factory New)

Skin overview

AK-47 | Slate is an almost entirely black rifle, with a finely textured slate-grey receiver and a grid-patterned handguard and magazine. In Factory New the dark layers stay deep and even, and the texture on the magazine and handguard shows as a crisp pattern rather than a flat surface. It is the cleanest version of a deliberately understated finish.

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.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Appearance in Factory New

The receiver and dust cover are painted dark slate grey with a fine, slightly mottled texture, framed by black edges. The handguard, barrel, gas tube and front sight are black, with a raised grid texture on the lower handguard. The magazine carries the same dense grid pattern over its whole length, and the pistol grip is textured black. The stock is plain matte black with no pattern. On worn copies the paint goes first from the muzzle, front sight, magazine edges, the ridges of the handguard and the corners of the receiver and stock, showing lighter grey underneath.

The paint is intact on every part of the rifle. The grid on the magazine and handguard is sharp, and the slate texture on the receiver is even. In game the rifle reads as a solid dark shape with clear texture in the first-person view. Nothing on the edges or sights shows lighter metal.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of AK-47 | Slate is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Snakebite Collection with 17 skins in total.

The source is Snakebite Case.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 2.1× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 3.3× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 4× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 4.1× cheaper

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

By price this skin is 5th of 9 skins Restricted AK-47 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 3.2× dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

The dark receiver works as a neutral base, so single bright stickers in red, gold or white stand out well along the side above the magazine. Holo and foil stickers read clearly against the black, while matching dark or monochrome stickers keep the rifle's restrained look.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since edge scuffs on the magazine and muzzle depend on it.
• Pattern placement makes little difference on this uniform finish, so focus on float and condition instead.
• Look at applied stickers and a name tag, because on an all-dark rifle they become the most visible details.
• Decide whether you want a StatTrak™ or Souvenir version, as both exist for this skin.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the dark textures fully intact.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean, uniform black base.
• The choice for buyers who want this finish without compromise.