Souvenir Nova | Bloomstick (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

Well-Worn Bloomstick shows a red finish that has clearly been through use, with lighter patches where paint has thinned on the receiver and stock. The blossoms are still visible but lose some of their crisp detail. The dark barrel and pump hide wear well, so the front of the gun stays tidy.

Item type: shotgun. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Well-Worn

The barrel, magazine tube and ribbed pump forend are finished in dark gunmetal grey and form a plain front half. The receiver and stock are painted bright red with black branches and small pale pink blossoms running along them, airbrushed by hand under a high-gloss topcoat.

The red paint is visibly thinned on the receiver and over larger areas of the stock, and the butt end shows clear wear. Branches and flowers become patchy in the most handled places. In game the gun reads as red and dark but noticeably worn. The barrel and pump still hide most damage.

Well-Worn wear: float 0.38–0.45

The float of Souvenir Nova | Bloomstick ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Well-Worn quality covers 0.38–0.45 — 9% 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 eSports 2014 Summer Collection with 17 skins in total.

It drops from eSports 2014 Summer Case (on sale since Jul 9, 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.

Which stickers suit it

Red, black, white and gold stickers sit well with the cherry blossom artwork. Placements on the dark barrel or pump stand out cleanly, while stickers on the red receiver should not cover the blossoms.

What to check before buying

• Check the receiver edges and the top of the stock, where the red paint wears first.
• Compare the float with the range of the chosen grade, especially for Factory New, which covers only a narrow band for this skin.
• Look at the butt end of the stock, since wear there is visible in the inspect view.
• Make sure stickers or a name tag match the red and black scheme if they are already applied.

Who the Well-Worn quality suits

• Budget buyers who want the red cherry blossom Nova in their loadout.
• Players who do not mind a used look on the rear half.
• Conclusion: an affordable way to own the design.