SG 553 | Waves Perforated (Field-Tested)

The SG 553 | Waves Perforated (Field-Tested, FT) is a Consumer Grade rifle skin with a gray finish made from ripped tape strips and perforated metal stencils. Field-Tested is the most common grade players run, balancing visible wear with a lower price than the top two grades.

Design

The stencil-based design comes from spraying paint through ripped tape and perforated metal, leaving an irregular, cut-out pattern across a gray body rather than a smooth graphic. This is a Valve-made piece from The Lake Collection, with no flavor text attached.

SG 553 | Waves Perforated (Field-Tested) Float and Wear

Field-Tested falls in the middle of the finish's 0.06–0.80 float range. Some added scuffing shows along the edges and receiver at this grade, but the tape-and-stencil pattern remains legible, since the design already reads as somewhat rough by nature.

SG 553 | Waves Perforated Rarity

Rarity: Consumer Grade, the white tier and the lowest rarity assigned to a weapon skin. It's an extremely common grade to come across, though the perforated stencil work sets it apart visually from plainer Consumer Grade finishes.

SG 553 | Waves Perforated Case and Collection

The Waves Perforated is a Lake Collection finish, tied to the "Out with the old, in with the new" update from November 2013. No weapon case produces it; copies circulate through trade-up contracts inside the collection or through direct player trading.

SG 553 | Waves Perforated Patterns

There's no random variation to the stencil marks on this finish — they land the same way on every copy, meaning there's no paint seed or "blue gem" version worth chasing. Wear grade and float are what actually distinguish individual items.

StatTrak & Souvenir

No StatTrak version of the Waves Perforated has ever existed. It is, however, available as a Souvenir item alongside the regular finish, with Souvenir copies first issued in the DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package and more added later through separate Major-tournament packages.

SG 553 | Waves Perforated Price

Field-Tested lands in the middle of this finish's price ladder, cheaper than Minimal Wear (MW) and Factory New (FN) while keeping the design readable. It's the grade most buyers settle on, and it's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Does Field-Tested wear show much on this finish?

Some added scuffing appears along the edges and receiver, but the design's own rough, torn-stencil texture already masks a fair amount of it. Most players would still describe a Field-Tested copy as presentable rather than heavily damaged.

Is there a cheaper way to get the same look?

Well-Worn (WW) and Battle-Scarred (BS) cost less and keep the same stencil pattern, just with more visible surface wear layered on top. Field-Tested is the middle option for buyers who want a lower price without going all the way to the roughest grades.

Why does the SG 553 | Waves Perforated have a Souvenir version but no case?

It's a Lake Collection finish rather than a case-drop skin, and Souvenir editions of collection finishes are distributed through Major-tournament souvenir packages instead of weapon cases. The DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package was the first to carry it.