Souvenir AWP | Safari Mesh (Factory New)

Skin overview

AWP | Safari Mesh is an Industrial Grade sniper rifle finish sprayed through mesh fencing and cardboard stencils, leaving a fine olive-and-tan grid over the stock, receiver and scope. In Factory New the mesh lines stay crisp and the khaki base is even, so the camouflage reads as a deliberate, tidy pattern. It suits buyers who want the quiet military look in its cleanest form.

Item type: sniper rifle. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

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

How the skin looks in Factory New

The stock, receiver, scope and handguard are painted in a khaki-olive base with a fine darker mesh grid sprayed over it, broken by lighter tan blotches from the cardboard stencils. The long barrel and muzzle brake stay dark gunmetal, as do the bipod and the grey magazine, which keeps the colour scheme muted.

Factory New copies occupy a narrow slice at the very start of the float range, so the paint is complete on every part. The mesh grid is sharp on the stock, receiver and scope, and the tan blotches have clean edges. In game the rifle reads as a uniform olive camouflage with a dark barrel. No metal shows anywhere.

Factory New quality — float range 0.06–0.07

The float of Souvenir AWP | Safari Mesh ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Factory New quality covers 0.06–0.07 — 1% 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 AWP | Safari Mesh belongs to The Lake Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

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

Muted olive, khaki, brown and black stickers sit naturally on this camouflage and keep the military look intact. Placements on the receiver side or near the scope mount stand out against the plain grid, while a single bright holo or gold sticker can work as a deliberate accent.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float in Field-Tested or Well-Worn keeps noticeably more paint on the scope.
• Look at the scope and the top of the receiver first, because these parts lose paint before the rest of the rifle.
• Pattern placement matters little on this finish, so judge the copy mainly by wear rather than by the mesh layout.
• For Souvenir copies, check which stickers are applied and how worn they are, as they cannot be swapped without losing them.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the cleanest possible copy of this finish.
• Sticker crafters who need an even olive base without any metal showing.
• Conclusion: the pick for a flawless camouflage AWP.