Souvenir USP-S | Blood Tiger (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The Blood Tiger look rests on contrast: muted green and black tiger stripes broken by bright red accents. At Minimal Wear that contrast survives almost untouched, and any marks are small enough to stay hidden in the darker parts of the camouflage. It gives nearly the same view in hand as the cleanest grade while staying the sensible middle choice.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The whole pistol is wrapped in a dark grey-green base with darker tiger-like stripes running across it in long, curved strokes. The silencer carries the same camouflage with a few bold red streaks along its length, while the slide and frame mix red flashes near the muzzle end and the rear of the slide.

At Minimal Wear small scratches can appear on the front tip of the silencer and on the top edges of the slide. They are thin and mostly fall on dark parts of the camouflage, so they are hard to spot. The grip, frame and red accents still look clean. At normal distance in game the pistol is practically indistinguishable from Factory New.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir USP-S | Blood Tiger ranges from 0 to 0.3; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 27% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The eSports 2014 Summer Collection with 17 skins in total.

It drops from eSports 2014 Summer Case (on sale since Jul 9, 2014).

Price by quality

By price this skin is 9th of 13 skins Mil-Spec Grade USP-S 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.

Which stickers suit it

Red, black and dark green stickers continue the camouflage without breaking it, and red holographic or foil accents echo the streaks on the slide. Placements on the slide side next to the existing red flashes look the most natural.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since lower values keep the silencer tip and slide edges cleaner.
• Look at the front of the silencer and the top of the slide, as these parts show wear first.
• See whether the red streaks on the slide and grip are crisp, because they carry most of the skin's contrast.
• Note any stickers or name tag already applied, as they change the look of the dark slide.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Sticker crafters, since small marks hide in the dark camouflage.
• Anyone who views the pistol mainly in game, where it matches Factory New.
• A balanced option between appearance and cost.