Souvenir M4A4 | Steel Work (Factory New)

Skin overview

M4A4 | Steel Work is an Industrial Grade rifle finish built on a steel base that is drawn to look worn, with red ribbons, a red grip and a red magazine. In Factory New the red parts are even and saturated, and the yellow handguard band with its black hazard stripes has crisp edges. Any roughness on the metal here comes from the artwork itself, not from wear.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

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

Appearance in Factory New

The receiver, barrel and stock are covered in a grey-brown steel finish with a deliberately worn, uneven texture. Red ribbons run across the upper receiver, and the magazine and pistol grip are painted a matching red.

There is no real wear: the red magazine and grip are solid, and the yellow handguard band is fully intact. The aged look of the steel is part of the artwork, so it should not be mistaken for scratches. In game the red accents stand out cleanly against the metal. Everything on the rifle looks as intended by the finish.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of Souvenir M4A4 | Steel Work is 0–0.7; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (10% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Radiant Collection with 28 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 6th of 7 skins Industrial Grade M4A4 in this quality (the first being 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

Red, yellow and black stickers echo the magazine, grip and hazard band, and metallic or holo stickers in silver or gold tones suit the steel base. Placing them on the receiver near the red ribbons keeps the craft tied to the artwork.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, as the red magazine and grip change most between copies of the same grade.
• Look at the corners of the yellow handguard band, which show chipping earlier than the steel parts.
• Do not judge condition by the steel texture alone, because the worn look of the metal is part of the design.
• On souvenir copies, check that the pre-applied stickers suit the red and yellow accents.

Who should buy Factory New

• Collectors who want the red accents and the yellow handguard band fully intact.
• Sticker crafters who need clean colours to match against.
• Conclusion: the version for those who want the finish exactly as designed.