Souvenir Tec-9 | Titanium Bit (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The skin pairs a royal blue fluted shroud with a utilitarian grey body, which gives the Tec-9 a restrained two-tone look. In Minimal Wear the anodized layer still reads as clean from any normal distance. Only close inspection reveals small marks near the muzzle and on the shroud edges.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New and Field-Tested. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The finish is concentrated on the barrel shroud and the upper receiver: a deep blue anodized surface with a darker mottled texture around the rows of round vent holes. Across the top of the receiver run silver-white diagonal streaks over the blue, and the charging knob is also tinted blue.

Tiny light specks may appear at the muzzle and on the edges of the front vent holes. The streaks on the receiver remain intact. At normal in-game distance the pistol is practically indistinguishable from Factory New. The grey body shows no meaningful change.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir Tec-9 | Titanium Bit is 0–0.2; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (40% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Arms Deal 3 Collection with 12 skins in total.

It drops from CS:GO Weapon Case 3 (on sale since Sep 20, 2013).

What it costs in each quality

Among 4 skins of the Tec-9 in the Restricted grade and this quality, this skin ranks 2nd 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

Blue, silver and holographic stickers match the anodized shroud and the streaks on the receiver. Black or white stickers placed on the grey frame give a clean contrast without competing with the blue front.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the range, since lower values keep the muzzle and vent hole edges cleaner.
• Inspect the muzzle and the top ridges of the shroud, as these lose colour first.
• Look at applied stickers and the name tag, because they affect how the blue front section reads.
• Decide whether you want a StatTrak™ copy, which exists for this skin.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a look close to Factory New in game.
• Buyers who accept tiny marks only visible up close.
• A balanced option between condition and practicality.