About Tec-9 | Whiteout
The Souvenir Tec-9 | Whiteout in Factory New is the tournament-spread version of the Tec-9 Whiteout from the Recoil Case (July 2022) - a flat-white pistol body with no pattern, no gradient, just full ivory paint covering the polymer-and-steel frame. As a souvenir, each copy carries four gold-foil tournament stickers, with the sticker combination from the Major souvenir spread doing the heavy lifting on individual copy value.
Why Whiteout makes for a clean souvenir base
The Tec-9 has a busy silhouette - exposed magazine, vertical grip, side-mounted controls - so a fully painted base coat declutters the visual canvas in a way that lets the sticker layer sit cleanly on the slide and grip. Souvenir Tec-9 Whiteout copies that pull top-team Major holos (era-defining contenders) command meaningful premiums; mid-team or unfamiliar-team stickers trade closer to the souvenir floor. The white base also makes sticker damage and scuffs particularly visible, which is why FN buyers pay attention to sticker condition on this particular souvenir.
Why FN suits this skin
The Whiteout finish has no float-driven variance in colour, but FN is where the surface stays smooth and the painted ivory reads at full saturation. Wear pulls the white toward a duller off-white and shows surface texture against the flat colour field. For a souvenir whose value rides on the sticker spread, FN is the tier where the base layer presents the stickers at the cleanest visual quality - the gold foils read sharper on undisturbed white than against weathered cream.
