Souvenir Desert Eagle | Pilot (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This wear keeps the military look of the Pilot finish: grey metal, brass wings on the slide and brown wooden-toned grips. Small scuffs may appear on the sharpest corners, but the inlay still reads crisp from the first-person view. It looks nearly identical to Factory New and usually costs less.

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

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The slide is finished in light grey steel, with a brass inlay of pilot's wings around a star in a circle at the front and brass lines running back along its upper part. The frame and trigger guard stay in matching silver-grey, while the hammer, slide stop and trigger are picked out in brass.

Light scuffs may appear on the sharpest front corners of the slide. The brass inlay remains crisp and bright, with at most faint marks on its edges. At normal distance it is very hard to tell apart from Factory New. The frame, grips and brass controls still look clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir Desert Eagle | Pilot ranges from 0 to 1; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 8% 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 Desert Eagle | Pilot belongs to The Baggage Collection, which holds 15 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 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.

Stickers and crafts

Gold, brass and holographic gold stickers echo the inlay, while brown, olive or black-and-white designs fit the military aviation theme. Placements along the slide behind the wings keep the star emblem visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since a low float keeps the brass wings noticeably brighter.
• Look at the front corners and upper edges of the slide, as they lose their finish first.
• Inspect the brass inlay on the wings and lines for scratches or dulling.
• Check whether the stickers or Souvenir markings on a given copy match the grey and brass scheme.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a nearly clean look without paying for Factory New.
• Sticker crafters, since small edge scuffs are hidden in a crafted look.
• A sensible balance of appearance and cost.