Souvenir Desert Eagle | Crimson Web (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The finish pairs a red base coat with a black web pattern and a semi-gloss topcoat, which gives the large Desert Eagle silhouette a bold, single-colour look. At Minimal Wear the web and the red read almost the same as on a fresh copy, with only tiny marks on sharp edges that you notice up close. It is a practical choice for buyers who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.

Item type: pistol. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The slide, frame and grip are coated in a solid red base, with black spider web lines laid over them by hydrographic print and sealed with a semi-gloss topcoat. On the slide the web runs along the sides and around the factory markings, and darker shading gathers near the top edge and the rear sight.

Minimal Wear adds small scratches on the sharpest edges, mostly at the muzzle and along the top of the slide. The red and the web on the flat surfaces stay untouched. In game at normal distance the difference from Factory New is hard to spot. Lower floats in this grade look practically fresh.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Desert Eagle | Crimson Web is 0.06–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% 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 Desert Eagle | Crimson Web belongs to The eSports 2014 Summer Collection, which holds 17 skins.

It drops from eSports 2014 Summer Case (on sale since Jul 9, 2014).

What it costs in each quality

Taking Minimal Wear as the baseline:

• Factory New — 2.6× dearer
• Field-Tested — 2× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 5× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 7.1× cheaper

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

By price this skin is 4th of 8 skins Restricted Desert Eagle 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

Black, white and gold stickers sit well on the red slide and do not clash with the web. Red holo or foil stickers blend into the base for a uniform look, while a single sticker near the middle of the slide keeps the web visible.

What to check before buying

• Look at the web placement on the slide and grip, since a neat, centred web is valued over a scattered one.
• Check the float position within the wear grade, because low floats keep the slide edges and muzzle noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the muzzle, slide edges, grip corners and trigger guard, which lose paint first.
• On Souvenir copies, note which stickers are applied, since they are fixed and change the overall look.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-new look and do not need the top grade.
• Sticker crafters who are fine with tiny marks on the edges.
• In short, a sensible balance between clean appearance and cost.