Tec-9 | Brass (Factory New)

Skin overview

Tec-9 | Brass swaps the pistol's barrel shroud and small fittings for brass and leaves the rest of the body plain grey. In Factory New the perforated shroud keeps an even olive-gold tone and the brass rail and cocking knob look freshly polished. The contrast between warm metal and cold grey is as sharp as this skin gets.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the 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.

How the skin looks in Factory New

The finish is concentrated on the front of the weapon: the perforated barrel shroud is coloured in an olive-gold brass tone with round holes along its length. A thin brass rail runs along the top of the shroud, and the cocking knob is brass as well. The receiver, trigger guard, grip and long magazine stay in a flat neutral grey, which makes the brass section stand out. On worn copies the shroud edges, the rims of the holes, the cocking knob and the rail lose their tone first and turn darker and patchy, as the patina style suggests.

The brass shroud has an even olive-gold colour from end to end, with no dark spots. The rail and cocking knob keep a clean shine. The grey receiver, grip and magazine show no marks. In game the brass section reads as a bright warm accent against the grey.

Factory New wear: float 0–0.07

The whole float range of Tec-9 | Brass is 0–1; Factory New takes the 0–0.07 segment (7% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Tec-9 | Brass belongs to The Inferno Collection, which holds 6 skins.

It drops from:

• Boston 2018 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2014 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Cologne 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package
• ESL One Katowice 2015 Inferno Souvenir Package

And 2 more — souvenir packages and other sources.

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Factory New quality, the others go like this:

• Minimal Wear — 5.9× cheaper
• Field-Tested — 16× cheaper
• Well-Worn — 16× cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 17× cheaper

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 2nd of 18 skins Mil-Spec Grade Tec-9 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Gold, brown and olive stickers continue the brass theme, while black or dark grey ones sit calmly on the grey receiver. Placing stickers on the flat side of the receiver keeps the perforated shroud uncovered as the main detail.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the patina on the shroud changes noticeably between the cleaner and dirtier ends of a grade.
• Inspect the shroud edges, hole rims and cocking knob, as they are the first parts to darken.
• Look at the applied stickers and name tag, and note that Souvenir copies of this skin exist.
• Compare a few listings in inspect view, because the patchiness of the brass can differ between copies of the same wear.

Who should buy Factory New

• Players who want the brass to look even and bright every time they pull out the pistol.
• Collectors putting together clean inventories in gold and grey tones.
• Conclusion: the choice for those who want the skin at its cleanest.