Souvenir Tec-9 | Tornado (Factory New)

Skin overview

Tec-9 | Tornado is a two-tone solid colour finish: a sandy tan upper half and a pale blue-grey lower frame, grip and magazine. In Factory New both colours sit flat and even, with crisp edges around the perforated barrel shroud. The plain scheme looks its tidiest at this grade.

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: Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

Appearance in Factory New

The upper receiver, the perforated barrel shroud and the charging handle are painted a sandy tan with a slight golden tone. The lower frame, trigger guard, grip and long magazine are a pale blue-grey, while the muzzle stays dark.

Both colours are complete and even across the whole pistol. The edges of the shroud holes, the muzzle end and the magazine base show no chipping. In game the tan and grey read as clean, flat blocks of colour. Everything on the weapon looks fresh.

Factory New quality — float range 0.06–0.07

The float of Souvenir Tec-9 | Tornado ranges from 0.06 to 0.8; the Factory New quality covers 0.06–0.07 — 1% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

Souvenir Tec-9 | Tornado belongs to The Alpha Collection, which holds 16 skins. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

Price by quality

Among 8 skins of the Tec-9 in the Consumer Grade 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.

Stickers and crafts

Stickers in tan, gold, brown or muted blue-grey match the two-tone scheme without breaking it. Darker or metallic stickers stand out well against the pale grey magazine and frame.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float position within the wear grade, since chipping on this solid finish grows steadily with it.
• Check the shroud holes, muzzle and charging handle first, as these show wear earliest.
• A Souvenir version of this skin exists, so make sure you are buying the variant you want.
• Check any applied stickers and name tag, because they change the look of such a plain finish noticeably.

Who the Factory New quality suits

• Players who want a fully clean, tidy Tec-9 with flat even colours.
• Collectors who prefer the best grade of every finish.
• Conclusion: the neatest version of a simple two-tone skin.