Souvenir Five-SeveN | Contractor (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This skin splits the Five-SeveN into flat colour zones: sand on the frame and grip, grey-green on the slide. In Minimal Wear the scheme looks practically untouched in the hand, with at most a faint scuff on a sharp edge. It is the sensible pick for anyone who wants a clean look without paying for the top grade.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The slide and barrel are painted a muted grey-green, with the rear section around the serrations and the small controls in a darker shade. The frame, trigger guard and grip are a flat sand tan, including the textured grip panels and the accessory rail under the barrel.

Tiny scuffs may appear on the muzzle and the sharpest slide edges, usually only noticeable on inspection. The tan frame and grip panels still look fully painted. At normal viewing distance it is hard to tell apart from Factory New. Large flat surfaces remain untouched.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir Five-SeveN | Contractor ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 11% 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 Five-SeveN | Contractor belongs to The Mirage Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• Atlanta 2017 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Berlin 2019 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Boston 2018 Mirage Souvenir Package
• Cologne 2016 Mirage Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Mirage Souvenir Package

And 9 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

Among 4 skins of the Five-SeveN in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd 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.

Stickers and crafts

Muted military tones work best: olive, sand, brown and dark navy stickers blend with the tan frame and green slide. Placing them on the green slide gives contrast, while gold or black stickers on the tan frame keep the utilitarian look.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since chips on the slide edges and grip grow noticeably inside one grade.
• Look at the muzzle, slide top and grip texture in inspect, as these parts lose paint first.
• Pattern does not matter on this solid-colour finish, so judge copies by float and stickers only.
• Note whether the copy is a Souvenir version with stickers already applied, and check stickers or a name tag on regular copies.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a clean-looking pistol without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters who are fine with barely visible edge scuffs.
• Conclusion: the best balance of clean look and value for this skin.