Souvenir USP-S | Caiman (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This wear keeps the full look of the Caiman: the orange eye on the slide, the teal scale band and the red grip. Any marks are small and usually sit on edges that are hard to spot in the first-person view. It is the practical choice for someone who wants a near-clean pistol and is willing to accept slight imperfections.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

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

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The silencer is left in plain dark grey and serves as a neutral frame for the artwork. The slide is dark, with a band of teal-blue scales along its side and the USP TACTICAL marking, ending at the rear in a large orange-red eye with a black slit pupil.

Light scratches may appear on the top edges of the slide and the rear corner near the eye. The grip and the teal scale band remain practically untouched. At normal distance the difference from Factory New is hard to notice. The eye itself stays fully readable.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir USP-S | Caiman ranges from 0 to 0.4; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 20% 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

The skin’s collection is The Huntsman Collection with 20 skins in total.

It drops from Huntsman Weapon Case (on sale since Jun 11, 2014).

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

Orange, red or teal stickers echo the eye and the scale band and keep the composition unified. Placing them on the dark middle part of the slide works better than covering the eye, which is the main element of the artwork. Dark or holo stickers in green-blue tones also sit well against the grey silencer and frame.

What to check before buying

• Look at the float position within the wear, since a low float in a grade keeps the slide edges noticeably cleaner.
• Inspect the eye at the rear of the slide, as it is the focal point and among the first areas to wear.
• Check the front edges of the red grip for bare metal on worn copies.
• Review applied stickers and any name tag to make sure they suit the orange and teal scheme.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean look without paying for the top grade.
• Buyers planning stickers on the slide, where small edge marks matter little.
• A balanced choice between appearance and cost.