Souvenir PP-Bizon | Thermal Currents (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin pairs a deep wine-red pattern with silver birds that seem to drift across the receiver and drum magazine. At Minimal Wear the colours stay rich, and any marks are small enough that they mostly show up only on close inspection. It gives nearly the same look as Factory New for players who do not need a flawless copy.

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

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

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver, handguard and helical drum magazine are covered in an orange-red hydrographic layer with darker wine and brown swirls running through it. Silver-white bird silhouettes are placed across the top of the receiver, the handguard cutouts and the side of the magazine.

Tiny scuffs may appear on the sharpest edges, such as the top of the receiver and the rim of the drum magazine. The pattern and birds remain fully intact. At normal viewing distance it is very hard to tell apart from Factory New.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir PP-Bizon | Thermal Currents is 0–0.6; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (13% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir PP-Bizon | Thermal Currents belongs to The Harlequin Collection, which holds 19 skins. 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

Among 11 skins of the PP-Bizon in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 3rd 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

Silver, white and holographic stickers echo the bird silhouettes and sit well on the red receiver. Dark red, black or gold stickers keep the warm palette intact, while bright blue or green ones will clash with the wine-coloured base.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since copies near the cleaner end show noticeably less edge wear.
• Look at the receiver edges and the rim of the drum magazine, as these lose paint first.
• Check how many bird silhouettes are clearly visible on the side shown in first person.
• Review any applied stickers or name tag, especially on Souvenir copies.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look and do not mind marks visible only up close.
• Sticker crafters looking for a tidy base without paying for perfection.
• A sensible alternative to Factory New with almost the same look.