MP9 | Rose Iron (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This MP9 carries a gold thorn pattern and a single red rose, painted in metallic tones on a near-black frame. Minimal Wear keeps the motif fully readable, with only faint marks on the sharpest edges. It gives the same look as the cleanest grade with a small allowance for wear.

Item type: smg. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. 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.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New and Field-Tested.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver and barrel shroud are finished in a dark gunmetal tone with ribbed texture, covered by looping gold thorny vines and small red dots. A large red rose with gold outlines is painted on the rear of the receiver, near the charging area.

Minimal Wear may add tiny light scuffs on the muzzle end and the top rail. The rose and the vines on the receiver stay complete. At normal viewing distance in game the skin is hard to tell apart from Factory New. The grips and magazine look clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of MP9 | Rose Iron is 0–0.3; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (27% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

MP9 | Rose Iron belongs to The Winter Offensive Collection, which holds 13 skins.

It drops from Winter Offensive Weapon Case (on sale since Dec 18, 2013).

What it costs in each quality

Among 9 skins of the MP9 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th by price, counting from the dearest.

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 1.8× dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, red and black stickers match the rose and thorn palette. Placements on the front of the receiver keep the rose at the rear visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position, since Field-Tested copies of this skin only cover the cleanest part of that grade.
• Look at the top rail and muzzle end, which are the first parts to lose paint.
• Make sure the rose on the receiver is not covered by stickers if the artwork matters to you.
• Note any name tag or StatTrak™ counter and whether you want them on your copy.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-new look and accept faint edge marks.
• Buyers who save a little compared to Factory New with almost no visual cost.
• A sensible balance between condition and spending.