Souvenir Tec-9 | Groundwater (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

The olive and sand scheme is still recognisable on a Well-Worn copy, but the spray paint is broken up by chips and rubbed areas. The pistol looks like a tool that has been carried and used, rather than a fresh coat.

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, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Well-Worn

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.

Chipping spreads across the shroud and the receiver top, and the magazine shows clear scuffs along its edges. Bare metal is visible on most raised details. In game the wear is noticeable when the pistol is in hand, though the colour scheme still reads. The flat areas of the grip keep most of their paint.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of Souvenir Tec-9 | Groundwater is 0.06–0.8; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 segment (9% 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 Italy Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 4th of 5 skins Consumer 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.

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 Well-Worn

• Players who want a worn, tool-like sidearm.
• Budget entry for those who just want something on their Tec-9.
• Suits those who prefer character over cleanliness.