Souvenir AWP | Man-o'-war (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

AWP | Man-o'-war is a Covert sniper rifle finish with a deep metallic blue base and hand-painted gold swirls across the receiver and stock. In Minimal Wear the blue keeps its glossy depth and the gold scrollwork stays sharp, so the contrast between the two metals is at its strongest. This is the cleanest grade the skin comes in.

Item type: sniper rifle. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

Other qualities of this skin: Field-Tested. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver and the body of the stock are covered in metallic blue, overlaid with flowing gold swirls and accents that run from the scope mount back to the butt. The grip area and the cheek of the stock carry the densest gold pattern, with a few lighter blue highlights mixed in.

Minimal Wear shows at most a few faint marks on the sharpest edges of the receiver and stock. The blue keeps its metallic sheen and the gold swirls have clean outlines. In game at normal distance it is practically indistinguishable from a pristine finish. The grip, stock cheek and the painted area near the scope all look clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.1–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir AWP | Man-o'-war is 0.1–0.2; Minimal Wear takes the 0.1–0.15 segment (50% 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

Souvenir AWP | Man-o'-war belongs to The Chroma Collection, which holds 14 skins.

The source is Chroma Case (on sale since Jan 8, 2015).

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 9th of 15 skins Covert AWP 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 and foil stickers echo the gold swirls and suit the receiver well. Dark blue or black-and-gold designs keep the look cohesive, while bright red or green tends to break the scheme.

What to check before buying

• Look at where the float sits within the grade, since a low value keeps the edges noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the grip area and the bottom edge of the stock, where paint wears off first.
• Check whether applied stickers suit the blue and gold scheme or clash with it.
• Note any name tag, as it changes how the item is listed and may not suit every buyer.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Collectors who want the cleanest version of this finish.
• Players building gold sticker crafts that need crisp paint around them.
• Conclusion: the grade to pick if the condition of the paint matters to you.