Souvenir Five-SeveN | Case Hardened (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

Five-SeveN | Case Hardened is easy to spot by its two-tone slide: patchy gold-olive steel near the muzzle and a blue zone near the rear sights. A Minimal Wear copy keeps almost all of that colour. Only faint marks on the sharpest edges set it apart from a Factory New one.

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: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

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

Tiny marks may appear on the muzzle and the sharpest slide edges. The colours keep nearly full saturation. At normal distance in game it looks the same as Factory New. The blue zone and the grip stay clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Five-SeveN | Case Hardened is 0–1; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (8% 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 5 skins of the Five-SeveN in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 3rd by price, counting from 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 Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-new look without paying for the cleanest grade.
• Sticker crafters who need clean colours on the slide.
• A sensible balance of look and cost.