CZ75-Auto | Chalice (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

Chalice pairs a blue anodized slide with an amber frame, which makes the pistol easy to pick out even in a quick glance at the inventory. In Minimal Wear the colours keep their saturation, and any marks are small scuffs at the edges that are hard to spot without inspecting the model closely. For most buyers this grade gives the same look in game as a factory-new copy.

Item type: pistol. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The slide is coated in a transparent royal blue over chrome, giving it a bright, metallic sheen along its full length. The frame, trigger guard, trigger, hammer and controls are candied in amber, so the whole lower half reads as polished gold.

In Minimal Wear small chrome flecks can appear on the slide corners and around the muzzle end, where the blue coat is thinnest. The front edge of the frame and the trigger guard may show a few light scuffs in the amber. In game these marks are practically invisible, and both colours keep their full depth. The flat sides of the slide and frame, the grips and the magazine still look clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.1

The whole float range of CZ75-Auto | Chalice is 0–0.1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.1 segment (30% 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

The skin’s collection is The Cobblestone Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Cobblestone Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Cobblestone Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Cobblestone Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Cobblestone Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Cobblestone Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2014 Cobblestone Souvenir Package

And 4 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Among 10 skins of the CZ75-Auto 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, holo and foil stickers in yellow or blue tones blend well with the amber frame and the blue slide. Keeping stickers on the frame preserves the uninterrupted blue of the slide, while a single blue sticker on the gold area adds contrast without clutter.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the wear range, since copies at the low end show no scuffs on the slide edges.
• Inspect the slide corners and the muzzle end, as these are the first places where the blue coat gives way to chrome.
• Look at the front of the frame and the trigger guard for small marks in the amber.
• Check applied stickers and a name tag, and for Souvenir copies look at which stickers are applied and where they sit on the slide and frame.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want the full Chalice look in game and do not inspect edges up close.
• Buyers looking for a cheaper entry to this skin with almost the same appearance.
• Minimal Wear is a sensible pick for those who value the look in game over perfect condition.