Souvenir Nova | Walnut (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

Walnut is recognisable by its two-tone split: dark gunmetal parts and a reddish-brown stock and forend with ribbed grain. Field-Tested copies show visible scuffs along the edges of the wood, which suits a weapon meant to look used. The overall colour scheme still reads clearly in game.

Item type: shotgun. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

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

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

How the skin looks in Field-Tested

The barrel, magazine tube and receiver are finished in dark, nearly black gunmetal with a slight sheen. The pump forend and the stock are coated in reddish-brown wood colour with fine figured grain lines that run in ribs across the forend and along the grip area of the stock.

Scuffs become visible along the forend edges, the stock heel and the grip. The receiver edges may start to show light wear, while the barrel still looks mostly intact. In game the brown and black split remains clear and the wear reads as natural use. The central parts of the stock still carry clean grain.

Field-Tested wear: float 0.15–0.38

The float of Souvenir Nova | Walnut ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Field-Tested quality covers 0.15–0.38 — 31% 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 Inferno Collection with 6 skins in total.

It drops from:

• Boston 2018 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Katowice 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package

And 2 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

Price by quality

Among 8 skins of the Nova in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 4th by price, counting from 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

Gold, brown, beige and muted paper-style stickers match the wood tones and keep the classic look. Placing them on the dark receiver gives better contrast than putting them on the brown stock.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the wear range, since low floats keep the forend edges noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the forend edges and the stock grip, as they are the first parts to lose the brown coating.
• Souvenir copies carry fixed stickers, so make sure their look suits you before buying.
• Check for a name tag or applied stickers that may change the plain wooden look.

Who the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players who like a weapon that looks used but still tidy.
• Buyers who want the full look of the finish at a moderate grade.
• A sensible middle option for everyday play.