Souvenir Tec-9 | Raw Ceramic (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred is the roughest version of Raw Ceramic, where the tan layer is broken up by wide worn patches. Bare metal shows on the shroud, the magazine and the grip edges. The result looks like a heavily used field weapon rather than a painted one.

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 Well-Worn.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The receiver, the perforated barrel shroud and the grip are painted in one solid tan tone with a matte surface. The magazine carries a slightly paler, creamy shade of the same colour.

The shroud is heavily stripped, and the magazine and the grip show large worn patches. Edges across the whole pistol are down to dark metal. In game the tan appears patchy and mixed with metal tones. Only the central flat areas of the receiver and grip keep solid paint.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.75

The whole float range of Souvenir Tec-9 | Raw Ceramic is 0–0.75; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.75 segment (40% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir Tec-9 | Raw Ceramic 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

Among 8 skins of the Tec-9 in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin is 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

Brown, olive, black and gold stickers suit the sand-toned finish and keep a military look. A single bright sticker in red or orange works as an accent on the receiver side. The plain surface leaves room for a sticker combination to carry the whole design.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the wear range, since on a solid colour every scratch is easy to see.
• Look at the edges of the shroud holes and the charging handle, where the paint goes first.
• The finish has no pattern, so pattern seed does not change the look.
• Check applied stickers and the name tag, as they stand out clearly on the plain tan surface.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players who want the most battered version of the finish.
• The cheapest way to put Raw Ceramic in a loadout.
• Crafters building a rough, worn-out themed look.
• A choice for those who like heavy wear as a style.