Souvenir MP9 | Cobalt Paisley (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin is easy to spot by its cobalt paisley surface framed by plain dark metal on the barrel, stock and magazine. At Minimal Wear the busy print hides small marks well, so the gun looks almost identical to a pristine copy from the player's view. It suits buyers who want a clean look without paying for the top grade.

Item type: smg. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The hydrographic print covers the sides of the receiver, the trigger area, the vertical foregrip and the pistol grip with a dense paisley pattern in cobalt, light blue and navy with fine white specks. The top rail, barrel shroud, muzzle, folding stock and magazine are left in a plain dark slate tone that frames the print.

Light marks may appear on the receiver edges and the tops of the grip ribs, mostly visible only on close inspection. The dense pattern hides these marks well. At normal distance the weapon looks practically the same as Factory New, with the side panels fully clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir MP9 | Cobalt Paisley is 0–0.65; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (12% 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 Ascent 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 4th of 8 skins Mil-Spec Grade MP9 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.

Stickers and crafts

Blue, silver and white stickers blend with the cobalt print, while gold or orange accents give a sharp contrast. The plain dark receiver top and magazine area are the cleanest spots for stickers, as the busy pattern on the sides can swallow small designs.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade keep more of the print on the grips.
• Inspect the grip ribs and receiver edges, as these parts lose the pattern first.
• Souvenir copies come with pre-applied stickers that cannot be changed, so look at them before buying.
• Look at any stickers and name tag already applied to make sure they fit your loadout.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-pristine look in game for less.
• Crafters for whom tiny edge marks hidden by the pattern do not matter.
• Conclusion: a sensible balance between appearance and cost.