Souvenir Tec-9 | Groundwater (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This is an olive drab Tec-9 with a tan magazine and no pattern beyond the solid colour blocks. Minimal Wear keeps the same calm military look as the cleanest grade, with any marks small enough to stay unnoticed during a round.

Item type: pistol. 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.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver, the perforated barrel shroud and the grip are painted a solid olive green with a matte surface. The long magazine is a separate block of pale sand colour, which gives the pistol its main contrast.

Tiny scuffs may appear around the shroud holes and on the cocking knob. They are only visible when inspecting the model up close. At normal distance it looks the same as Factory New. The magazine and grip remain clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Tec-9 | Groundwater is 0.06–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (11% 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

Souvenir Tec-9 | Groundwater belongs to The Italy Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

What it costs in each quality

Among 7 skins of the Tec-9 in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin is the most affordable.

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

Earthy tones, olive, brown, tan and matte black stickers fit the military colour scheme without breaking it. The flat sides of the receiver above the grip are the clearest spot for placement. A single bright sticker can work as an accent against the muted green.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since a solid finish shows every chip on the shroud and receiver top.
• Check the edges of the shroud perforations and the cocking knob, as they lose paint first.
• Inspect the magazine edges, because wear on the light tan block stands out more than on the green body.
• Check any applied stickers and name tag, as they change the look of such a plain finish noticeably.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Buyers who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Players for whom tiny scuffs do not matter in game.
• A sensible middle ground between appearance and cost.