Souvenir AK-47 | Baroque Purple (Factory New)

Skin overview

AK-47 | Baroque Purple is an Industrial Grade hydrographic finish that covers the rifle in a fine, lace-like ornament over a very dark base. In Factory New the ornament stays crisp across the handguard, receiver and stock, and the dark tone looks even and deep. This is the grade for buyers who want the pattern exactly as designed.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

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

How the skin looks in Factory New

The hydrographic print covers the handguard, the receiver, the pistol grip and the stock with a dense, lace-like baroque ornament on a very dark base, where the purple of the name reads as a subdued, almost greyish tint. The barrel, gas tube, front sight and rear sight stay in plain dark metal.

The print is complete on every patterned part, and the fine ornament keeps its sharp detail. Edges of the receiver and stock show no scuffs. At normal distance in game the rifle reads as an even, dark AK with a subtle texture. The plain metal parts and magazine look clean as well.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir AK-47 | Baroque Purple 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 Canals Collection with 18 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Among 6 skins of the AK-47 in the Industrial Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 3rd by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Stickers in purple, violet, silver or gold tones match the baroque theme and stand out against the dark base. Holo or foil stickers along the receiver side work well because the surrounding print is calm and fine-grained.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the wear grade, since a low float in Field-Tested or Well-Worn looks noticeably cleaner on the edges.
• Inspect the receiver edges and the stock butt, as these lose the print first.
• Look at any applied stickers, because they change the look of this muted, dark finish more than usual.
• Check whether the copy has a name tag and whether it suits the understated style.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the ornament complete and sharp on every part.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean, even dark base.
• The choice for those who want this skin in its best condition.