Souvenir Five-SeveN | Case Hardened (Factory New)

Skin overview

Five-SeveN | Case Hardened is a Restricted pistol finish that imitates colour case-hardened steel. The slide shows mottled olive-gold metal at the front that gives way to deep blue at the rear. In Factory New the heat colours are at full saturation, and the blue and gold read as clean, unbroken patches.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. 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: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Factory New

The finish sits mainly on the slide. The front half and the muzzle area are covered in mottled olive, gold and brownish patches.

The slide shows its full heat colours with no visible scratches. The blue at the rear is deep and the gold patches near the muzzle are bright. In game the two-tone slide stands out clearly in the hand. The frame and grip look completely clean.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir Five-SeveN | Case Hardened is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Arms Deal 2 Collection with 12 skins in total.

It drops from CS:GO Weapon Case 2 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013).

What it costs in each quality

Among 3 skins of the Five-SeveN in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin is 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

Gold, blue and holo stickers echo the heat colours of the slide. Placing them on the grey frame keeps the case-hardened pattern fully visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the pattern on the inspect screen, because the amount of blue and gold differs on every copy.
• Check the float within the wear range, since higher values show more scratching on the slide edges and muzzle.
• Inspect the top of the slide closely, as this is where colour loss shows first.
• Note any stickers or name tag and decide whether they suit your plans for the pistol.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the strongest heat colours with no marks.
• Players building a bright, clean CT loadout.
• The choice when full saturation matters most.