MP9 | Sand Dashed (Factory New)

The MP9 | Sand Dashed (Factory New) is a Consumer Grade SMG skin with a gray body marked by dashed spray lines laid down using taped stencils. Factory New is the top grade this entry-level Dust 2 Collection piece comes in, and it's where those dashes read sharpest.

Design

Sand Dashed keeps things simple: short strips of tape were used as stencils to lay overlapping dashed lines across a gray base, giving the SMG a rough, hand-sprayed look rather than a printed one. It's a Valve-made finish with no in-game flavor line attached.

MP9 | Sand Dashed (Factory New) Float and Wear

Float on this finish runs 0.06 to 0.80, so even the best copies start just inside the Factory New band rather than at true zero. At this end the gray base and its dashed stencil lines sit well-defined with no scuffing to speak of, giving buyers the tidiest version of the design the skin offers.

MP9 | Sand Dashed Rarity

Rarity: Consumer Grade, the white tier and the most common grade in the game. It's an entry-level rarity, which keeps the finish easy to find and inexpensive.

MP9 | Sand Dashed Case and Collection

This finish belongs to The Dust 2 Collection, which debuted in November 2013 with the "Out with the old, in with the new" update; it doesn't drop from a weapon case, so copies come from the collection's own drop pool or trade-up contracts. Souvenir copies were also handed out starting with the DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package, with later Major souvenir packages adding more over the years.

MP9 | Sand Dashed Patterns

The design is fixed — every copy carries the same dashed stencil pattern in the same spot, so there's no paint seed or "blue gem" variant worth chasing here. Wear and float are the only things that separate one Sand Dashed from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This finish exists as a regular finish and a Souvenir version, but there's no StatTrak variant. The Souvenir copies aren't tied to a case either — they were included in Major-tournament souvenir packages starting with DreamHack 2013, a mechanism separate from the regular finish's collection drop.

MP9 | Sand Dashed Price

Factory New sits at the top of the Sand Dashed price ladder, though the finish as a whole stays in affordable mid-tier territory rather than grail money. It's a low-cost way to add a genuinely clean-looking SMG skin to a loadout. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New worth it on the Sand Dashed?

Given how affordable the whole finish is, yes — the price gap between Factory New and lower grades is small, so most buyers may as well grab the cleanest-looking copy. The dashed lines and gray base show up crisply here with none of the scuffing lower grades pick up.

Why doesn't the Sand Dashed drop from a case?

It's a collection-only finish rather than a case skin, so it comes from The Dust 2 Collection's own drop pool or from trade-up contracts instead of a specific weapon case. That's also why Souvenir copies exist separately, handed out in Major-tournament souvenir packages.

What gloves pair well with the Sand Dashed?

Its gray, sand-toned palette suits earthy or desert-camo gloves rather than anything flashy, so tan, gray, or camo-pattern wraps make the best MP9 Sand Dashed glove combo. It keeps the loadout looking utilitarian and cohesive instead of clashing with a brighter pair.