Negev | Sour Grapes (Battle-Scarred)

The Negev | Sour Grapes (Battle-Scarred) is an Industrial Grade LMG finish in purple, at its most heavily worn. It's the lowest-priced way into the color, trading a beaten-up surface for the cheapest entry on the ladder.

Design

The finish is all about its purple — a few tones layered for depth, no graphics in sight, deliberately loud on a machine gun that usually stays subdued. It's a Valve design, delivered with a playful line: "Purple people deleter."

Negev | Sour Grapes (Battle-Scarred) Float and Wear

The finish is float-capped at 0.80 rather than the full 1.0, so even Battle-Scarred — the top of its 0.00–0.80 range — never reaches the most extreme wear a full-scale skin would. Damage is heavy, with broad scuffing and paint loss, but the purple survives in patches and keeps the finish identifiable.

Negev | Sour Grapes Rarity

Rarity is Industrial Grade — the light-blue grade just above Consumer and among the more common tiers overall. That commonness feeds directly into how cheap this finish stays at every grade.

Negev | Sour Grapes Case and Collection

This finish is from The Ascent Collection, which launched with the Spring Forward update in March 2025. Being a collection finish, it has no case behind it, so copies enter circulation via collection drops and trade-up contracts instead of unboxing.

Negev | Sour Grapes Patterns

Because the purple is placed identically on every copy, the finish carries no random pattern roll — there's nothing like a paint seed or blue-gem seed to seek out. Copies differ only in their wear grade and float number.

StatTrak & Souvenir

You won't find a StatTrak edition of this finish: those counters are produced only within weapon cases, and this one arrives through a collection with no case. There's no Souvenir variant either, since Souvenir weapons stem exclusively from Major-tournament packages that this finish was never a part of.

Negev | Sour Grapes Price

Battle-Scarred is the cheapest grade of an already-budget finish — the rock-bottom entry point for anyone who just wants the purple on their Negev. If price is the only concern, this is the way in. Available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Battle-Scarred still recognizable as Sour Grapes?

Yes. Despite the heavy wear, enough purple holds across the body that the finish reads clearly as its color in-game. Battle-Scarred is about accepting a scuffed surface for the lowest price, not losing the look of the skin entirely.

Why doesn't Battle-Scarred look completely destroyed?

Because the finish caps at a float of 0.80 instead of the full 1.0, its Battle-Scarred copies stop short of the very worst wear the scale allows. The result is a beaten but still legible surface, with the purple visible in patches rather than scrubbed away.

Is Battle-Scarred worth buying?

If you want the color for the least money, absolutely. It's the cheapest grade of a finish that's already inexpensive, and the purple stays identifiable through the wear. Buyers who prefer a cleaner surface should step up to Field-Tested, which still costs very little.