Souvenir Glock-18 | Grinder (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Grinder finish turns the Glock-18 slide into a dark rotating wheel of stencilled blocks, set against a plain grey frame. In Minimal Wear the spiral reads the same as on a fresh copy at a glance, with only small light marks possible along the slide edges. It is the grade where the look stays intact while the cost of the cleanest condition is avoided.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the 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 and Field-Tested. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The slide carries the whole design: a near-black surface with rows of dark rectangular blocks that wind into a spiral centred near the front of the slide, with a subtle violet tint and a thin cyan line along the top edge. The muzzle face and the front of the slide show bare light metal.

In Minimal Wear slight lightening can appear along the top and front edges of the slide. The spiral pattern and the block borders remain sharp across the rest of the surface. At normal in-game distance the difference from Factory New is hard to spot. The frame and grip stay clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir Glock-18 | Grinder ranges from 0.02 to 0.25; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 35% 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

The skin’s collection is The Vanguard Collection with 14 skins in total.

It drops from Operation Vanguard Weapon Case (on sale since Nov 5, 2014).

Price by quality

Among 11 skins of the Glock-18 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.

Stickers and crafts

Dark, holographic or violet-toned stickers match the slide and the sheen in the pattern. Placing them on the plain grey frame rather than on the slide keeps the spiral uncovered.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since lower values keep the slide edges darker.
• Inspect the slide edges and the muzzle end, as these lighten first.
• Look at the centre of the spiral near the front of the slide to see how much of the violet sheen remains.
• Check any applied stickers and name tag, since they change how the slide reads.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want an almost factory look without paying for the cleanest grade.
• Buyers who use the pistol in every terrorist pistol round.
• A balanced option between look and cost.