Description
This Prototype SIG Sauer P226 X-Five Facet represents a brief, experimental moment inside the SIG Sauer Mastershop—when design, technology, and pure curiosity intersected before production realities took over.
Produced as part of a highly limited custom run of just 25 pistols worldwide, the X-Five Facet series was created to explore new manufacturing possibilities, including advanced 3D-laser engraving techniques and modern metal processing. One example from this series was publicly displayed at the IWA show in Nuremberg, serving not as a commercial product, but as a statement of what the Mastershop was capable of when freed from conventional constraints.
The defining feature is the unmistakable faceted geometry that flows across the slide and frame, an angular, crystalline pattern that shifts character with changing light. It is neither traditional engraving nor simple texturing, but a deliberately modern aesthetic that feels architectural. The treatment extends seamlessly across the pistol, with matching slide and frame execution, reinforcing the sense of intentional design rather than decoration.
Chambered in 9mm, the pistol is built on the proven X-Five platform, pairing competition-grade ergonomics with the unmistakable refinement of German Mastershop craftsmanship. The grips, controls, and overall balance reflect the precision expected of the X-Series, while the Facet treatment ensures this example stands firmly apart from any standard production variant.
What elevates this piece beyond rarity alone is its prototype status. This is not simply a limited edition; it is part of a developmental lineage, created to demonstrate ideas rather than satisfy market demand. Most concepts explored at this level never move forward unchanged, making surviving examples from this run especially compelling to advanced collectors.
For those who value experimentation, provenance, and design-forward Mastershop work, the P226 X-Five Facet is a snapshot of SIG Sauer at its most exploratory, where innovation was allowed to speak for itself, without compromise.
A true Mastershop prototype, preserved as intended.
