Souvenir XM1014 | Red Leather (Minimal Wear)

Skin overview

The appeal of Red Leather lies in its restrained idea: a dark shotgun with red leather on the parts the hands touch. A Minimal Wear copy looks practically the same as a fresh one in game, with only faint marks on edges that are hard to spot without inspecting the model closely.

Item type: shotgun. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

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

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Field-Tested, Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The receiver, barrel and magazine tube are left in dark gunmetal with a matte, slightly olive tone. The pump forend is wrapped in red leather with vertical stitched lines, and the end cap of the magazine tube is red as well.

Tiny scuffs may appear on the front edge of the forend and the corners of the stock. The red keeps its depth and the stitching stays clear. In game these marks are practically invisible. The grip, receiver and barrel look clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.15

The float of Souvenir XM1014 | Red Leather ranges from 0 to 0.56; the Minimal Wear quality covers 0.07–0.15 — 14% 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 Baggage Collection with 15 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

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

Red, black and gold stickers match the leather wrap and dark metal best. Placements on the dark receiver stand out cleanly, while red stickers near the forend blend into the leather theme.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the wear range, since the forend edges and stock corners show the difference first.
• Inspect the grip ridges and the front of the forend, where scuffs on the red leather appear earliest.
• The skin has no pattern variation, so focus on wear rather than pattern.
• Look at any applied stickers and name tag, as they change the clean red-and-dark look.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want a near-new look and accept faint marks they will not see in game.
• Crafters looking for a clean base without paying for the top grade.
• Conclusion: practically the same look as Factory New with a small compromise.