Souvenir Sawed-Off | The Kraken (Factory New)

Skin overview

Sawed-Off | The Kraken is a Covert hand-painted finish showing a bright orange octopus whose tentacles wrap around the pump and receiver on a teal background. In Factory New the orange body, the pale suckers and the fine gold swirls are fully intact. The colours read sharp against the dark barrel and stock.

Item type: shotgun. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

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: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Factory New

The forend carries an orange octopus whose tentacles twist around it on a teal-green background with gold-outlined swirls and pale suckers. The receiver repeats the motif, with the octopus head and more tentacles spreading toward the trigger area.

No wear is visible on the forend or the receiver. The orange tentacles, gold swirls and teal background are all crisp. In game the painting reads clearly at any distance. The dark barrel and stock also look clean.

Factory New quality — float range 0–0.07

The float of Souvenir Sawed-Off | The Kraken ranges from 0 to 0.4; the Factory New quality covers 0–0.07 — 18% 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 Winter Offensive Collection with 13 skins in total.

The source is Winter Offensive Weapon Case (on sale since Dec 18, 2013).

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

Orange, gold and teal stickers match the octopus and sea palette. Placing them on the dark barrel or stock keeps the painting on the forend and receiver uncovered.

What to check before buying

• Check the float position within the wear, since lower values keep the forend edges cleaner.
• Inspect the front and rear edges of the forend, where chipping shows first.
• Look at the receiver corners near the trigger guard for paint loss.
• Check whether stickers or a name tag are applied and whether they fit the octopus artwork.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Collectors who want the octopus painting fully intact.
• Sticker crafters who need a clean base.
• The choice for the cleanest version of the skin.