Souvenir Desert Eagle | Hypnotic (Factory New)

Skin overview

Desert Eagle | Hypnotic pairs a pearl base coat with black stencilled stripes that curl into a swirling pattern on the slide and run across the grip. In Factory New the pearl surface keeps its even metallic sheen and the black lines stay sharp, so the contrast between light and dark reads cleanly. This is the cleanest form of a finish that never shows heavy wear.

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

Anodized Airbrushed: a coloured coating with an airbrushed design on top; the coating holds while the design fades with wear.

Other qualities of this skin: Minimal Wear. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The front of the slide and the barrel are left in plain pearl-silver with a soft metallic shine, while the black stripes start further back and wrap over the top of the slide. Towards the rear the stripes curve into concentric rings around the hammer area, which gives the skin its hypnotic effect.

In Factory New the pearl coat stays uniform from the muzzle to the grip, and the black stripes have crisp edges. Lower floats may show a faint dulling at the muzzle edge or slide corners only on close inspection. In game at normal distance the pistol looks fully clean, with the swirl on the slide clearly visible in the viewmodel. The grip bands and the concentric rings stay sharp.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir Desert Eagle | Hypnotic ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 88% 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

The skin’s collection is The Arms Deal Collection with 9 skins in total.

The source is CS:GO Weapon Case (on sale since Sep 20, 2013).

Price by quality

By price this skin is 3rd of 6 skins Classified 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.

Stickers and crafts

Monochrome stickers in black, white, silver or holographic finishes match the pearl and black scheme. Placing them on the plain silver front of the slide keeps the swirl at the rear visible, while a single bright accent such as red can stand out against the striped pattern.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the wear grade, since the muzzle edge and slide corners show the first dulling.
• Inspect the grip edges, where the black bands meet the raised parts.
• Look at existing stickers and whether a scraped sticker has left marks on the slide.
• Check for a name tag and a StatTrak™ counter if those matter to you.

Who should buy Factory New

• Players who want the cleanest pearl sheen and sharp stripes in the viewmodel.
• Collectors who prefer top-grade copies and low floats.
• Sticker crafters building a clean monochrome loadout.
• Conclusion: the choice for those who want the finish at its best.