Souvenir Tec-9 | Garter-9 (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Garter-9 pairs a muted olive lower with a brighter scaled top, so the snakeskin is the first thing you notice on the Tec-9. In Minimal Wear the difference from a fresh copy is mostly limited to the sharpest edges and is hard to spot in game. It suits buyers who want a near-clean look at a less demanding grade.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Industrial Grade is the second tier from the bottom: common skins from drops and collections.

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 upper receiver and the perforated barrel shroud carry a green snakeskin print with yellowish highlights on the scales. The rims of the shroud holes and the muzzle are picked out in bright lime, which frames the pattern.

Small scuffs may appear on the muzzle tip and the sharpest edges of the shroud holes. The scales on the receiver and shroud remain whole. The lower body, grip and magazine stay clean. At normal distance it is practically indistinguishable from Factory New.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Tec-9 | Garter-9 is 0–0.7; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir Tec-9 | Garter-9 belongs to The Boreal Collection, which holds 29 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

By price this skin is 4th of 5 skins Industrial Grade Tec-9 in this quality (the first being 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

Green, lime, yellow and black stickers sit naturally on this finish. Placements on the plain olive lower receiver stand out best, while the scaled top is better left uncovered or paired with a single small sticker.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float within the wear range, since copies near the cleaner end of a grade keep more of the lime rims.
• Look at the muzzle and the shroud hole edges first, as these show wear before anything else.
• Souvenir copies come with stickers already applied, so check whether they match the green finish.
• Review any name tag or stickers on the listing, as they change how the pistol reads in game.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a clean-looking Tec-9 without paying for the top grade.
• Buyers who accept tiny edge marks that are invisible in game.
• Conclusion: a sensible near-clean option.