Souvenir AK-47 | The Empress (Factory New)

Skin overview

AK-47 | The Empress is a Gunsmith finish inspired by the Empress tarot card, combining deep red, black and gold across the whole rifle. In Factory New the gold ornament, checkered bands and crest emblems stay sharp, and the small gold stars on the black stock are fully intact. This grade shows the artwork 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. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The handguard and the front of the receiver are red with gold checkered bands and a row of small shield emblems, while the rear of the receiver carries a gold ornamental pattern with a golden figure. The magazine repeats the red base with gold checkers and dark sections, and the grip is black with thin gold lines.

The whole finish is intact, with crisp gold lines on the receiver, handguard and magazine. The shield emblems and checkered bands keep clean edges and full contrast. In game the rifle looks bright and detailed at any distance. Only very close inspection might reveal a tiny mark near the magazine edge on higher floats.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir AK-47 | The Empress ranges from 0 to 1; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 7% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

Souvenir AK-47 | The Empress belongs to The Spectrum 2 Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Spectrum 2 Case.

Price by quality

By price this skin is 4th of 20 skins Covert AK-47 in this quality (the first being 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

Gold, holo or foil stickers match the gold ornament and suit the red handguard area well. Black or dark red stickers blend into the stock and receiver without competing with the artwork. Because the design is already dense, fewer stickers in a consistent palette usually look better than a full set.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the wear range, as low and high floats in the same grade can look quite different on the magazine.
• Inspect the magazine edges and the lower edge of the handguard, since these parts wear first.
• Look at whether the gold figure on the receiver and the shield emblems are still readable on worn copies.
• Check applied stickers and name tags, as they can either complement or clutter this busy design.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the tarot artwork in its cleanest form.
• Sticker crafters planning gold or foil combinations on a flawless base.
• Conclusion: the choice for those who want the full design without compromise.