Coastal wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:27 am
One of the best threads in quite awhile, IMO. Informative, and confirmed a lot of what I felt about the Para 3 without actually owning one.
James Y wrote:
If the Para 3 is still in the lineup several years from now, then we will know it's selling well enough, and is more popular among buyers than the majority of responses here on the forum would indicate.
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kennethsime wrote:
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I had a few thick cardboard boxes to cut up, and it did just fine. Nothing wrong with it at all, and I’d be glad to have one if I was worried about blade length laws. But my position ultimately stands, I’d rather carry a PM2 most days. Takes up the same room in the pocket, offers more cutting edge.
I too feel like this is "one of the best threads in a quite a while".
Just an exchange of views between folks who like, try and really think about Spyderco knives, in an respectful, adult, not "blind and fanboyish" manner concerning a very popular, and certainly also pretty cool model.
This is not about that something is "wrong" with the Para 3 at all, and the thread is certainly biased towards replies by people who prefer other models in the small Spydie lineup, so the Para 3 is definitely more popular than it looks when reading this thread imo.
For me it is just about:
- Is the Para 3, as cool as it is, "the"
ideal, "most people can agree on" small Spydie to get all the variants, sprints and exclusives it got?
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If there was no Millie, PM1, PM2 :Would Spyderco have designed the Para 3
for being that ideal model most people can agree on, or would they have chosen to go with another handle shape (optimizing grip area on the given length), a bit less bulk and a bit thinner bladestock?
- How much of its appeal actually comes from being a cool "baby PM2"?
My personal and completely subjective guess still is (and I could be terribly wrong!):
If there had been no Millie and no PM2 beforehand, and people had to choose between Para 3 and lets say Sage 5, more could agree on the Sage (but many would still like the Para 3, no doubt, and there are of course reasons for that)