Souvenir AWP | Silk Tiger (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The rifle carries a hydrographic tiger motif in orange, peach and navy over a bright blue base, which makes it easy to spot even at a glance. A Minimal Wear copy keeps the colours nearly as saturated as a fresh one, and any marks sit on the very edges where they are hard to notice without zooming in.

Item type: sniper rifle. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

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

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The pattern covers the whole chassis, from the forend under the barrel through the receiver area to the stock, with a turquoise blue base and orange, peach and dark navy tiger shapes drawn in soft, brush-like strokes. The barrel, muzzle, scope and bipod stay in dark grey and black, which frames the colourful body and keeps attention on the stock.

Small scratches may appear on the sharpest edges, such as the bottom of the butt and the tip of the forend. The pattern itself and the colour saturation look the same as on a fresh copy. At normal distance in game it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir AWP | Silk Tiger ranges from 0 to 0.6; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 13% 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 AWP | Silk Tiger belongs to The Havoc Collection, which holds 19 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

By price this skin is 3rd of 14 skins Classified 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.

Stickers and crafts

Orange, gold and turquoise stickers echo the main palette and blend with the tiger pattern. Dark navy or black stickers placed on the receiver area keep the colourful chassis readable without cluttering it.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since a low float inside a grade means cleaner stock edges.
• Inspect the stock edges, the butt and the forend tip, as these parts lose paint first.
• Look at how the tiger shapes fall on the side of the stock, because the visible placement can differ between copies.
• Consider whether any applied stickers or a name tag match your taste, as they come with the item.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a nearly new look while saving compared to Factory New.
• Sticker crafters who accept small marks on edges nobody sees in game.
• A sensible balance between clean appearance and cost.