What makes a copy Souvenir

The Souvenir SG 553 | Waves Perforated (Field-Tested, FT) is the Souvenir copy of this skin — the same Consumer Grade finish, handed out in a souvenir package at a Major rather than pulled from a case. 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. Field-Tested spans 0.15–0.38 on the float scale — the middle grade, and usually the easiest one to find on the market.

What the stickers do to the price of the SG 553 | Waves Perforated

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

The Waves Perforated is a Lake Collection finish, tied to the "Out with the old, in with the new" update from November 2013.

Can a Souvenir SG 553 | Waves Perforated 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 SG 553 | Waves Perforated?

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.