Tec-9 | Red Quartz (Field-Tested)

The Tec-9 | Red Quartz in Field-Tested (FT) is the widest band on this skin's scale, from 0.15 to 0.38. The skin is Restricted and belongs to The Train Collection. In CS2 you play it on the Terrorist side.

What the Tec-9 | Red Quartz looks like in Field-Tested

The pattern takes up little room: the barrel shroud and a narrow rail above the receiver. The shroud is reddish copper, with crystal facets of varying brightness from light ochre to dark brown. The facets form rhombs and polygons, like the cleavage face of a crystal.

The rest of the weapon has no pattern. The frame, grip and magazine are an even steel gray, and small factory markings can be made out on the frame. Only the upper part is painted, and the lower half of the pistol is bare. The coating on the shroud is even.

What to check before buying

When comparing Tec-9 | Red Quartz listings, look at the following:

• Float: choose the Tec-9 | Red Quartz by the number, not by the wear label, because the band from 0.15 to 0.38 is wide.


• An applied name and stickers, if they are already on this Tec-9 | Red Quartz.

What the Tec-9 | Red Quartz costs in Field-Tested

Factory New costs 1.13 times more and Well-Worn 1.03 times more, which is almost level. The ladder between wears is flat here, and no wear sits far from its neighbors.

Among Restricted Tec-9 skins in this wear, Red Quartz sits at the bottom of the row. Nothing is cheaper, and Brother is level with it. Bamboozle follows above, then Re-Entry and Avalanche. Nuclear Threat holds the top of the row, more than a hundred times above Red Quartz.

Getting the Tec-9 | Red Quartz

The skin does not drop from regular cases. It comes in tournament Souvenir packages, for example the ESL One Cologne 2015 Train Souvenir Package. To get the Tec-9 | Red Quartz through a trade-up, you hand in ten skins of the next rank down from the same collection.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The skin has no StatTrak version. A Souvenir version exists. Tournament Souvenir packages hand it out, and such a copy can also be made through the Souvenir-O-Matic.

Stickers and craft on the Tec-9 | Red Quartz

The pattern lies only on the upper part, so the lower half of the weapon stays a clean steel background. Stickers on the frame and magazine do not compete with the crystal pattern of the shroud and read on their own. For CS2, a craft on this skin can be built around the copper tones of the shroud.

Who this wear suits

Buying the Tec-9 | Red Quartz in Field-Tested makes sense under these conditions:

• You want the crystal pattern on the upper part without a factory premium. Factory New costs only 1.13 times more, so the saving is small.


• Choosing by number matters, since there is something to compare inside the wide 0.15 to 0.38 band.


• You want a Restricted Tec-9 from the lowest price group in the row.