Tec-9 | Brass (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

Brass gives the Tec-9 an old-workshop look: a gold-olive perforated shroud and brass details on a utilitarian grey frame. Field-Tested copies show the patina doing its job, with darker patches and light scuffs on the shroud that make the metal look handled rather than new. For many players this is the grade where the theme reads most natural.

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 Field-Tested

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 shroud shows darker patina patches and light scuffs, mostly along the edges and around the holes. The cocking knob begins to lose its shine. The grey parts pick up small marks but stay mostly clean. In game the brass looks slightly older and less uniform, while the overall look is intact.

Field-Tested quality — float range 0.15–0.38

The whole float range of Tec-9 | Brass is 0–1; Field-Tested takes the 0.15–0.38 segment (23% 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

Taking Field-Tested as the baseline:

• Factory New — 16× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 2.7× dearer
• Well-Worn — about the same
• Battle-Scarred — 5% cheaper

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

By price this skin is 5th 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.

Stickers and crafts

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 Field-Tested

• Players who like the brass to look used and lived-in.
• Those who want a balanced option between look and cost.
• Conclusion: the grade where the patina theme reads most natural.