What makes a copy Souvenir

The Souvenir AK-47 | Black Laminate (Well-Worn, WW) is the Souvenir copy of this skin — the same Mil-Spec Grade finish, handed out in a souvenir package at a Major rather than pulled from a case. The AK-47 | Black Laminate keeps things deliberately plain: it's a Valve finish whose laminate treatment covers only the wooden stock, handguard, and grip in gray and black wood-grain, leaving the metal unpainted. Well-Worn runs 0.38–0.45 on the float scale and shows its age plainly across the finish, which is what keeps it affordable.

What the stickers do to the price of the AK-47 | Black Laminate

Only a souvenir package opened during a Major produces one of these. Each package holds a skin from the tournament's collection, and it arrives carrying up to four stickers from one match — both teams, the MVP and the event — fixed on permanently. A Souvenir skin is never StatTrak™ — the two are mutually exclusive.

Where it comes from

The finish sets a floor and the stickers decide the rest. A copy out of a famous match, or one wearing a sticker from a player who has since retired, can sit several times above a plain copy at the same exterior; an unremarkable match leaves it near one.

FAQ

You'll find the AK-47 | Black Laminate in The Vertigo Collection, which shipped with the Arms Deal update back in August 2013.

Can a Souvenir AK-47 | Black Laminate be StatTrak?

No. Souvenir and StatTrak™ are mutually exclusive — a copy is one or the other, never both, and neither can be added to a skin after it drops.

Can the stickers be removed from a Souvenir AK-47 | Black Laminate?

No. Souvenir stickers are part of the copy and cannot be scraped off, unlike stickers a player applies themselves. That is why two souvenir copies of one skin at the same exterior can be priced far apart.