Souvenir AK-47 | Cartel (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

In Well-Worn the patina character of Cartel comes forward: the dark finish is rubbed through on many raised and outer parts of the metal. The engraving remains visible in the recesses but loses its crispness. The wood furniture still carries the colour, so the rifle keeps its warm two-tone silhouette.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

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: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Well-Worn

The receiver, dust cover and barrel area are finished in dark gunmetal with a fine engraved ornament of skeletons, flowers and serpents. The curved magazine carries the same dark engraved pattern along its length.

Wear spreads from the edges onto larger flat areas of the receiver and magazine, leaving patchy lighter metal. The ornament holds mainly in the recesses and fades on the raised parts. The wood looks duller, with the gloss mostly gone. In game the metal reads as uneven grey-black while the brown furniture still defines the silhouette.

Well-Worn wear: float 0.38–0.45

The float of Souvenir AK-47 | Cartel ranges from 0 to 0.75; the Well-Worn quality covers 0.38–0.45 — 9% 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

The skin’s collection is The Chroma Collection with 14 skins in total.

It drops from Chroma Case (on sale since Jan 8, 2015).

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

Gold, bronze and muted red stickers suit the dark engraved metal and warm wood. Placing them on the receiver above the magazine keeps them readable against the dark background, while busy multicolour stickers tend to compete with the ornament.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since lower values keep the dark coating on the edges noticeably longer.
• Inspect the receiver corners, muzzle and magazine base, as these lose the dark finish first.
• Look at how clearly the engraving reads on the receiver and magazine in the inspect view.
• Check applied stickers and the name tag, as they change how the dark receiver and wood combination looks.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Budget buyers who want this design on their AK.
• Players who prefer a visibly aged patina look on the metal.
• Conclusion: an affordable way to own Cartel with character.