Souvenir Tec-9 | Cut Out (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin pairs a black and silver floral-butterfly print on the shroud with an untouched-looking grey frame. Minimal Wear keeps the lace pattern crisp at normal viewing distance, and the few marks it may carry sit on edges that are rarely in focus. For most players it looks the same as the top grade in game.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The pattern sits on the long upper shroud and barrel area, where a black base is filled with silver-grey butterflies, leaves and flower shapes that form a lace-like texture. The receiver, trigger guard, grip and long magazine are left in a plain matte grey without any print.

Small light marks may appear on the front edge of the shroud and around the corners of its openings. The pattern itself stays intact and sharp across the whole shroud. The grey frame and magazine remain essentially clean. At normal distance in game the difference from Factory New is hard to notice.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir Tec-9 | Cut Out ranges from 0 to 1; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 8% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Operation Hydra Collection with 17 skins in total.

The source is Operation Hydra Case.

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

Black, silver and white stickers continue the shroud's monochrome look without breaking it. Placed on the plain grey receiver, a single accent in a soft floral or pastel colour can echo the spring theme of the pattern.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the shroud print loses contrast gradually across the range.
• Look at the front edge and raised ribs of the shroud, where the pattern rubs off first.
• Inspect the magazine and the edges of the grey frame for scratches on more worn copies.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag, as they change how the plain grey receiver looks.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters for whom tiny edge marks do not matter.
• A sensible balance between appearance and cost.