Dual Berettas | Stained (Factory New)

Skin overview

Dual Berettas | Stained puts a bright steel finish on both pistols and covers it with cloudy blue-grey patina stains. In Factory New the polished metal stays crisp, and the darker blotches sit cleanly against it. This is the grade for a buyer who wants the patina contrast exactly as designed.

Item type: pistol. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Factory New

Both pistols are finished in light, polished steel with irregular blue-grey patina blotches spread over the slides, frames and trigger guards. The grips carry the same stained pattern, which looks darker there against the chequered panels. The slide serrations, hammers and muzzle ends keep a cleaner metallic tone that outlines the shape of each gun. On worn copies the slide edges, muzzles, trigger guards and the bottom of the grips scratch first, and the steel shine fades toward a duller grey.

The steel is evenly polished and the patina blotches have sharp, smooth borders. Edges of the slides and the muzzles show no scratching. In game the pistols read as bright metal with soft dark clouds over it. Every part looks clean.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of Dual Berettas | Stained ranges from 0 to 1; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 7% 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

Dual Berettas | Stained belongs to The Italy Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

Price by quality

Among 7 skins of the Dual Berettas in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Silver, grey and dark blue stickers match the steel and the patina tones. Holo or foil stickers in cool colours sit well on the light metal, while a single darker sticker can echo the stains.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since a low float in a grade keeps more of the steel shine.
• Look at the slide edges and muzzles in the inspect view, as they show wear first.
• The patina placement varies between copies, so compare how the blotches fall on the slides and grips.
• Check applied stickers and name tags, as they change the look and may not suit everyone.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the cleanest steel and sharpest patina contrast.
• Players planning a sticker craft on bright metal.
• Conclusion: the reference version of this finish.