Souvenir AK-47 | Slate (Factory New)

Skin overview

AK-47 | Slate is an almost entirely black rifle, with a finely textured slate-grey receiver and a grid-patterned handguard and magazine. In Factory New the dark layers stay deep and even, and the texture on the magazine and handguard shows as a crisp pattern rather than a flat surface. It is the cleanest version of a deliberately understated finish.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

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

The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Factory New

The receiver and dust cover are painted dark slate grey with a fine, slightly mottled texture, framed by black edges. The handguard, barrel, gas tube and front sight are black, with a raised grid texture on the lower handguard.

The paint is intact on every part of the rifle. The grid on the magazine and handguard is sharp, and the slate texture on the receiver is even. In game the rifle reads as a solid dark shape with clear texture in the first-person view. Nothing on the edges or sights shows lighter metal.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir AK-47 | Slate is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Snakebite Collection with 17 skins in total.

The source is Snakebite Case.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Factory New as the baseline:

• Minimal Wear — 19% cheaper
• Field-Tested — 1.6× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 2.5× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 2.7× cheaper

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 8 skins of the AK-47 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 6th 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

The dark receiver works as a neutral base, so single bright stickers in red, gold or white stand out well along the side above the magazine. Holo and foil stickers read clearly against the black, while matching dark or monochrome stickers keep the rifle's restrained look.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since edge scuffs on the magazine and muzzle depend on it.
• Pattern placement makes little difference on this uniform finish, so focus on float and condition instead.
• Look at applied stickers and a name tag, because on an all-dark rifle they become the most visible details.
• Decide whether you want a StatTrak™ or Souvenir version, as both exist for this skin.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the dark textures fully intact.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean, uniform black base.
• The choice for buyers who want this finish without compromise.