Souvenir Five-SeveN | Fowl Play (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin is easy to spot by its feather pattern drifting across a teal slide while the frame and grip stay neutral grey. Minimal Wear keeps the colour and feather edges almost intact, with only faint marks on the slide corners that need a close look to find. For most buyers it looks the same as a clean copy in hand.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

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.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The slide is painted in a glossy teal patina, with dark charcoal and light grey feather shapes running along its top and sides. The frame, accessory rail, trigger guard and grip are left in matte dark grey, with lighter grey controls standing out on the side.

Small marks may appear on the front corners of the slide and around the rear serrations. The feather pattern and teal colour remain essentially unchanged. At normal viewing distance in game it cannot be told apart from Factory New. The frame and grip look clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Five-SeveN | Fowl Play 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

Souvenir Five-SeveN | Fowl Play belongs to The Breakout Collection, which holds 14 skins.

The source is Operation Breakout Weapon Case (on sale since Jun 23, 2014).

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

Stickers in teal, white, black or grey tones blend with the feather slide without breaking the colour scheme. Placing them on the grey frame below the slide keeps the feather pattern unobstructed, while a single accent in a warm colour can add contrast.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float keeps the slide edges noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the muzzle end, top edge and rear serrations of the slide, as these lose the finish first.
• Look at the feather placement on the slide in the inspect view to make sure the pattern sits the way you like.
• Note any applied stickers or name tag, as they change the look of the plain grey frame.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Crafters who accept tiny marks that are hidden in game.
• Conclusion: almost the full look at a more reasonable level.