SG 553 | Anodized Navy (Factory New)

The SG 553 | Anodized Navy in Factory New (FN) is a Mil-Spec skin from The Lake Collection. This finish comes in only two wears, Factory New and Minimal Wear (MW), and this is one of them. The float limits of the SG 553 | Anodized Navy here are 0.00 and 0.07, while the skin's whole scale ends at 0.08. There is no regular case, and copies come from souvenir packages.

What the SG 553 | Anodized Navy looks like in Factory New

Dark blue anodized metal is paired with the standard gray-sand plastic, with no pattern. The receiver, barrel and top of the handguard are deep blue with a gloss and cool highlights. The handguard cover, magazine, stock and grip are khaki plastic, and the scope is dark gray.

Only the metal parts are painted blue, and the plastic is left as it came from the factory. There is no pattern anywhere: it is a solid fill. The surface is smooth. Wear on such a skin shows as dots and small chips down to bright metal on the sharp edges of the receiver and near the magazine well. It is recorded in the float and fixed at drop.

Where the SG 553 | Anodized Navy came from

The skin is part of The Lake Collection and appeared in November 2013. According to Valve's description, the rifle is coated with a chrome base and a transparent dark blue anodized layer.

What to check before buying

Choosing a particular SG 553 | Anodized Navy comes down to these points:

• float: the short 0.00 to 0.07 band limits the difference, while chips on the edges depend on the number;


• name tag and stickers: on the SG 553 | Anodized Navy they stay with the listing.

In this wear the SG 553 | Anodized Navy has a short 0.00 to 0.07 band, so chasing the number makes little sense.

What the SG 553 | Anodized Navy costs in Factory New

The skin has two wears, and Minimal Wear costs about three times more than Factory New. The band width explains it: Minimal Wear takes only 0.07 to 0.08 of the scale, while Factory New takes almost all of it, 88%.

Among the thirteen Mil-Spec SG 553 skins, it sits in the lower part of the row in this wear: two cost less and ten cost more. Aloha is almost level, and Ol' Rusty costs less. Cyberforce, Danger Close and Aerial cost more, and Desert Blossom, Wave Spray and Ultraviolet are at the top.

Getting the SG 553 | Anodized Navy

There is no case for this skin. The source is tournament Souvenir Packages, for example the DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package, and there are two of them. For the SG 553 | Anodized Navy, a trade-up asks for ten skins one rank lower from the same collection.

StatTrak and Souvenir

There is no StatTrak version of the SG 553 | Anodized Navy. Souvenir Packages with it exist, and a souvenir copy can also be built through the Souvenir-O-Matic.

Stickers and craft on the SG 553 | Anodized Navy

The glossy blue metal gives contrast to light and yellow stickers. Dark blue stickers merge with the receiver, while on the khaki plastic of the handguard and stock almost any sticker reads. It is better to leave the receiver open: blue metal is the main thing the skin has.

Who this wear suits

Buying the SG 553 | Anodized Navy here makes sense if:

• you want a rifle for CS2 with plain blue metal and no pattern;


• you want blue metal with no wear marks on the edges in Factory New;


• you do not need to choose by float, and the price within the Mil-Spec SG 553 row should be modest.