Tec-9 | Blast From the Past (Factory New)

The Tec-9 | Blast From the Past (Factory New) is a Mil-Spec pistol skin covered in pale green and beige ancient-tile artwork. Factory New is the top grade for it, showing that tile pattern at its most crisp.

Design

A pale green and beige pattern of ancient tiles wraps the frame, giving the Tec-9 a weathered, ruin-like look rather than a modern one. It's a Valve-made finish, and it carries the quote "Hope remains, even for those began their journey down the wrong path," a fitting line for the ancient theme.

Tec-9 | Blast From the Past (Factory New) Float and Wear

Blast From the Past runs across a 0.00–0.65 float range, and Factory New sits at the very bottom of it. Here the tile pattern shows full detail and color with no visible marks, so the skin looks exactly as designed. Since the range tops out below a full 1.0, even the roughest copies of this finish stay short of maximum wear.

Tec-9 | Blast From the Past Rarity

This finish carries Mil-Spec Grade rarity — the blue tier, common enough to be widely available but a clear step above the lowest classifications.

Tec-9 | Blast From the Past Case and Collection

It's part of The Ancient Collection, which debuted with Operation Broken Fang back in December 2020. There's no weapon case tied to it, so it comes from collection drops rather than a box, and the Mil-Spec tier as a whole lands around 79.92% odds within that drop pool.

Tec-9 | Blast From the Past Patterns

The tile artwork is fixed on every copy, so the paint seed doesn't change the look at all — there's no rare pattern or blue-gem variant to search for. Float and wear are what actually separate one copy from another.

StatTrak & Souvenir

This finish exists as a regular finish and a Souvenir version, with no StatTrak counter available. The first Souvenir copies came from the Stockholm 2021 Ancient Souvenir Package, and later Major souvenir packages added more to the pool over time.

Tec-9 | Blast From the Past Price

Factory New is the priciest grade on this finish's own ladder, though the skin overall sits at an affordable mid-tier price point rather than anything premium. It's available to buy on Skin.Land with instant delivery and no hidden fees.

FAQ

Is Factory New Blast From the Past a big step up in price?

It costs more than the lower grades, but since the whole finish sits at an affordable mid-tier price, the jump isn't drastic. It's worth it if you want the tile pattern looking its sharpest, but stepping down a grade still gets a solid-looking copy.

Can this skin have a Souvenir StatTrak version?

No. Blast From the Past exists as a regular finish and a Souvenir finish, but there's no StatTrak version at all — Souvenir and StatTrak never combine on any skin, and this one simply never got a StatTrak counter added.

What gloves match the Blast From the Past look?

The pale green and beige tile scheme pairs naturally with earthy or olive-toned gloves, keeping the ancient-ruins vibe consistent across the loadout. Tan or desert-camo wraps work especially well alongside it.