Souvenir Sawed-Off | Bamboo Shadow (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The finish pairs a muted grey-black body with brown furniture and soft bamboo silhouettes, so it reads as calm rather than flashy. In Minimal Wear any marks are small and mostly sit on edges, where the dark paint hides them well. For most eyes it looks the same as a Factory New copy at a lower grade.

Item type: shotgun. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. 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.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The receiver and barrel are covered in a dark charcoal hydrographic with faint brown-grey bamboo leaves drawn in loose brush strokes. A small red seal sits on the side of the receiver above the trigger and is the only bright accent on the gun.

Tiny scuffs may appear on the muzzle and the top edge of the barrel. The receiver sides, the bamboo pattern and the red seal stay untouched. At normal distance the difference from Factory New is hard to see. The pump and stock still look clean.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Sawed-Off | Bamboo Shadow is 0–0.6; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (13% 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 Rising Sun Collection with 16 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.

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 and muted gold stickers echo the red seal and the ink-painting style. Placing them on the receiver near the seal keeps the composition balanced, while bright neon colours tend to clash with the dark base.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since low-float copies of a grade look noticeably cleaner on the barrel edges.
• Look at the red seal on the receiver, as it is the main accent and should stay clear.
• Inspect the muzzle and the pump grip ribs, which wear first on this finish.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag, because they change the look of a quiet design.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters, since the receiver stays untouched.
• A sensible middle ground between condition and cost.