Souvenir Tec-9 | Sultan (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

This Tec-9 is easy to spot by its gold frame and the turquoise mosaic running along the barrel shroud, receiver and long magazine. In Field-Tested the colours stay bright, but the gold edges and protruding parts start to show scuffs that break up the outlines. The overall pattern is still clearly readable in game, which makes this grade a common middle ground.

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.

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Field-Tested

The barrel shroud is covered in turquoise and blue tiles between the round cut-outs, with gold rims around each hole and a gold muzzle. The receiver combines brass-gold rails with mosaic panels and a white insert carrying dark ornamental lettering, while a white medallion with a sun-like motif sits on the magazine well.

Wear becomes visible on the gold frame edges, the muzzle, the trigger guard and the magazine base. The orange outlines of the diamonds on the magazine soften in places. In game the turquoise mosaic still dominates and the pattern reads clearly. The central panels of the receiver and the grip ornament mostly stay clean.

Field-Tested wear: float 0.15–0.38

The whole float range of Souvenir Tec-9 | Sultan is 0–1; Field-Tested takes the 0.15–0.38 segment (23% 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 | Sultan belongs to The Arabesque Collection, which holds 17 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 Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 7th by price, counting from 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

Gold, turquoise and deep blue stickers blend with the mosaic and frame. Small holo or foil stickers with orange accents work well on the receiver panel, while busy multicoloured stickers tend to get lost in the pattern.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the gold edges and shroud rims show the difference first.
• Inspect the bottom of the magazine and the trigger guard, which wear before the rest of the finish.
• Look at the white medallion and the grip ornament to see how much fine detail is left.
• Check any applied stickers or name tag, as they change how the busy mosaic reads.

Who the Field-Tested quality suits

• Players who want the mosaic clearly visible in game at a moderate cost.
• Terrorist-side players looking for a colourful everyday pistol.
• The balanced choice for regular play.