Souvenir AK-47 | Gold Arabesque (Factory New)

Skin overview

AK-47 | Gold Arabesque pairs gold-painted metal with a hand-painted ornamental pattern on the stock and handguard. In Factory New the gold reads as an even, polished surface and the fine lattice of the arabesque keeps every line sharp. This is the grade for buyers who want the contrast between metal and ornament exactly as designed.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

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

Appearance in Factory New

The receiver, barrel, gas tube, front sight and the curved magazine are painted in a uniform olive-gold tone with subtle filigree accents on the metal. The handguard and the stock carry a hand-painted arabesque: a dense lattice of cells and loops in pale pink, cream and brown that resembles carved lace.

The gold on the receiver, barrel and magazine is even, with no visible rubbing. The arabesque on the stock and handguard is crisp down to the smallest cells. In game the rifle reads as a clean gold surface with sharp ornament on the furniture. Floats near the bottom of the range look identical to the inspect image.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir AK-47 | Gold Arabesque ranges from 0 to 0.7; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 10% 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

Souvenir AK-47 | Gold Arabesque belongs to The 2021 Dust 2 Collection, which holds 19 skins.

It drops from:

• Antwerp 2022 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Austin 2025 Dust II Souvenir Highlight Package
• Austin 2025 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Budapest 2025 Dust II Souvenir Highlight Package
• Budapest 2025 Dust II Souvenir Package
• Rio 2022 Dust II Souvenir Package

And 2 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

Among 20 skins of the AK-47 in the Covert grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th 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.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, holo-gold and warm brown or cream stickers blend with the gilded metal and the ornament. Placing them on the receiver keeps the hand-painted stock and handguard visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the grade, since the gold on the magazine and receiver edges is the first thing to show wear.
• Inspect the heel of the stock and the edges of the handguard, where the arabesque fades first.
• Souvenir copies come with preset stickers, so check that they fit the look you want.
• Look at any applied stickers and name tag, as they can change how the rifle is perceived.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the gold and ornament in their cleanest form.
• Sticker crafters who need an unworn base for gold-toned stickers.
• Conclusion: the reference copy for those who do not accept any wear.