Souvenir USP-S | Stainless (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

This Stainless copy keeps the same steel slide and dark silencer as the cleanest grade, and the gap between them is small. Any change shows only as faint dulling on a few edges, seen up close in inspect. For most players it reads as clean in hand while costing less than Factory New.

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.

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

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

Appearance in Minimal Wear

The slide is finished in a dark stainless steel tone with a soft metallic sheen and fine markings along its side. The silencer is a long dark tube with a slightly lighter, reflective surface that catches highlights along its length.

Faint dulling may appear on the sharpest slide edges and the tip of the silencer. It is visible mainly in inspect, not during play. The flat sides of the slide, the frame and the grip look clean. At normal distance it is hard to tell from Factory New.

Minimal Wear wear: float 0.07–0.15

The whole float range of Souvenir USP-S | Stainless is 0–0.8; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.15 segment (10% 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 USP-S | Stainless belongs to The Arms Deal 3 Collection, which holds 12 skins.

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

What it costs in each quality

Among 13 skins of the USP-S in the Mil-Spec Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 4th 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

The neutral steel and black scheme takes almost any sticker, but gold, silver and holo stickers match the metal best. A single sticker on the slide side stands out cleanly against the plain finish.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since low floats in each grade keep the slide edges cleaner.
• Inspect the slide edges and silencer front, as these lose their polish first.
• Pattern does not change the look of this finish, so you do not need to pay extra for a pattern.
• Check stickers, the name tag and whether you want the StatTrak™ or Souvenir variant.

Who the Minimal Wear quality suits

• Players who want a near-clean slide for less than Factory New.
• Sticker crafters looking for a neutral clean base.
• Conclusion: a sensible balance of look and cost.