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Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:48 am
by Cowboyfromhell
I mean really, who cares?......call it whatever you want.

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:50 am
by Pelagic
Thanks goodness this got sorted out!

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 2:21 pm
by Crux
Cowboyfromhell wrote:
Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:48 am
I mean really, who cares?......call it whatever you want.
Lots of people care. It's called the Para 3.

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Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:21 pm
by bearfacedkiller
Pelagic wrote:
Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:50 am
Thanks goodness this got sorted out!


Sorted out? Hardly! The shock waves from this one will ripple through social media for years to come! :p :cool: :D

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:29 pm
by MichaelScott
A Para 3 by any other name is still a Para 3. (Apologies to M Stein)

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:31 pm
by Crux
Is it really? Is it? I'm not sure if I buy into this conspiracy.

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:48 am
by Drahkis
MichaelScott wrote:
Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:29 pm
A Para 3 by any other name is still a Para 3. (Apologies to M Stein)
Or (sorry couldn't help interjecting my version to fit the original quote a bit better)

A Para 3 by any other name would cut as deep.

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:14 pm
by dplafoll
The issue is one of using the same type of symbols (Arabic numerals) to denote knife iterations and blade lengths. I've suggested using Roman numerals for iterations in the past (Para Military II, Delica IV, etc.) but that's still a number, so there would still be a confusion when the name is not in written form. I'm not sure what else to use, but I'd say that the blade lengths should get a new designation system as they're a bit less common than iterations. Maybe just rename them? Caly Standard, Caly Max, Para Mini, and so on.

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:09 pm
by Extra330SC
Just pulled our new Para 3 LW out of the mailbox. ...sweet! :)


James

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:36 pm
by Crux
It looks like a beautiful sunrise after a terrible storm. WTH is that to the right?

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:12 pm
by Extra330SC
Crux wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 9:36 pm
It looks like a beautiful sunrise after a terrible storm. WTH is that to the right?
Hopefully yellow is the new black!

James

This PARA 3 lightweight is legit!
:cool:

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:13 pm
by SG89
THE PLOT THICKENS

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:57 pm
by Doeswhateveraspidercan
Spydergirl88 wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:13 pm
THE PLOT THICKENS
Aye M'Lady that it does, that it does cant wait to see what the box says when my LW :PARAMILITARY 3 arrives. :D

Hey Eric care to chime in here? We all heard what you said, Snicker, Snicker :D

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:42 pm
by Woodpuppy
Extra330SC wrote:
Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:09 pm
Just pulled our new Para 3 LW out of the mailbox. ...sweet! :)


James
THANK YOU for those pics, I’ve never been sure how the Native stacked up to the p3. P3 is my favorite. I’ll get the LW at some point.

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:22 pm
by Crux
24 & 25 of 25. :)

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:54 pm
by Termite Toothpick
It will always be the Para 3 to me! No matter what you say.

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:44 pm
by DougC-3
bearfacedkiller wrote:
Sat Apr 20, 2019 1:33 pm
We had a poll and suggested all sorts of names. In the end they seem to have gone off in their own direction with it. The name never really made sense to me so I am no more confused now than I was then. Honestly, the name isn’t the only thing about this knife that doesn’t make sense to me. ;)
Maybe not sense, but cents... and $$$ :D

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 11:16 am
by MichaelScott
My Para 3 has all of those characteristics except a slight roughness on the spine. Never noticed. Doesn’t impair function. Remember, nothing in the world is perfect. I think it will serve you well.

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 12:01 pm
by ladybug93
Liquid Cobra wrote:
Fri Apr 19, 2019 1:16 pm
Michael Janich wrote:
Fri Apr 19, 2019 7:38 am
The name if the knife is the Para 3.

The reference in the video was an honest mistake, as was the error in the labeling of the C223GPBNBK.

We apologize for any confusion these errors may have caused and sincerely hope you consider raising your threshold of "calamity"...

Stay safe,

Mike

I was just having a bit of fun. I took your advice and checked the definition of calamity.

calamity
noun [ C ] UK /kəˈlæm.ə.ti/ US /kəˈlæm.ə.t̬i/
a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering:

Overkill for sure. :D
first world calamity. ;)

Re: Pobody’s Nerfect! Para 3 calamity.

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 12:14 pm
by Crux
It seems they had knives in mind when the word calamity was derived. So maybe this is just that, a Para 3 calamity. :)
Word Origin & History
early 15c., from Middle French calamite (14c.), from Latin calamitatem (nominative calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," origin obscure. Early etymologists associated it with calamus "straw" (see shawm); but it is perhaps from a lost root preserved in incolumis "uninjured," from PIE *kle-mo-, from base *kel- "to strike, cut" (the handle of a sword or dagger).