Nova | Walnut (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

This finish relies on color rather than pattern: brown wood tones against a black barrel and receiver. In Well-Worn the brown coating is noticeably rubbed through on edges and raised areas, giving the shotgun an old, much-handled look. Buyers who like a weathered farm-gun feel often pick this grade.

Item type: shotgun. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

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

Appearance in Well-Worn

The barrel, magazine tube and receiver are finished in dark, nearly black gunmetal with a slight sheen. The pump forend and the stock are coated in reddish-brown wood colour with fine figured grain lines that run in ribs across the forend and along the grip area of the stock.

The brown coating is clearly rubbed off on the forend, the edges of the stock and the grip, and the grain lines lose definition there. The receiver shows worn edges and scratches. In game the shotgun looks old and handled but keeps its two-tone look. Flat central areas of the stock remain the cleanest part.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of Nova | Walnut is 0.06–0.8; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 segment (9% 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 Inferno Collection with 6 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Boston 2018 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Katowice 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package

And 2 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Among 9 skins of the Nova in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 3rd by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, brown, beige and muted paper-style stickers match the wood tones and keep the classic look. Placing them on the dark receiver gives better contrast than putting them on the brown stock.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the wear range, since low floats keep the forend edges noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the forend edges and the stock grip, as they are the first parts to lose the brown coating.
• Souvenir copies carry fixed stickers, so make sure their look suits you before buying.
• Check for a name tag or applied stickers that may change the plain wooden look.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Fans of an old, much-handled hunting-gun look.
• Budget buyers who still want the brown and black split visible.
• A fitting choice for those who like character over polish.