Souvenir Dual Berettas | Anodized Navy (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The same navy-and-chrome scheme in Minimal Wear sits only a short step from the cleanest grade, so the pistols still read as solid blue with polished silver accents. Any marks are tiny and mostly visible on close inspection rather than in a match. It is a way to get this restrained anodized look while paying for a slightly less pristine copy.

Item type: pistol. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Anodized: the colour is in the metal coating itself, so wear shows mostly as dulling rather than a rubbed-off pattern.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

Both slides and frames are coated in a translucent navy blue that shows a metallic sheen from the chrome underneath. The barrels exposed along the top of the slides, the hammers, triggers and trigger guards stay bright silver, which outlines each pistol against the blue.

In Minimal Wear the first faint thinning may appear on the sharpest edges of the slides and around the muzzles, where the chrome begins to peek through the blue. The flat sides of the slides, the frames and the grip panels still look clean. At normal distance in a match the difference from Factory New is hard to notice. The silver triggers and hammers remain bright.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.08

The float of Souvenir Dual Berettas | Anodized Navy ranges from 0 to 0.08; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.08 — 12% 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 Dual Berettas | Anodized Navy belongs to The Inferno Collection, which holds 6 skins.

It drops from:

• Boston 2018 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Katowice 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package

And 2 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

By price this skin is 2nd of 3 skins Mil-Spec Grade Dual Berettas 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

Silver, holo and chrome-toned stickers match the bare metal parts and keep the cool palette intact. White and pale blue accents sit well on the navy slides, while a single warm gold sticker can add contrast without breaking the restrained look.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the range, since the whole skin spans only the two cleanest grades and copies differ very little.
• Look at the slide edges and muzzle ends in the inspect view, as that is where the blue thins first.
• Find out whether the copy is a Souvenir version, because it comes with stickers already applied.
• Check any stickers and name tag, since they change the look of the plain blue surface more than the wear does.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Budget-minded players who want the same navy look and do not inspect every edge.
• Buyers who use the pistols mainly in matches, where the difference from Factory New is barely visible.
• In short: almost the same skin in game, with a slightly lower grade.