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Spyderco Para 3 Compression Lock Knife
Mguidry5
15
Sep 14, 2018
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I'm a big fan of quality folders, and this is one of my favorites. I carry it more than any of my other knives, and I have several (Benchmades, ZTs, other Spydercos, etc...). If you're looking for a smaller-bladed, tough, ergonomic and utilitarian folder, this would be my first recommendation.
Evshrug
3775
Community
Mar 5, 2019
Mguidry5I waffle daily between this knife and a Benchmade Mini Grip (the sheepsfoot with thumb hole). They both are ostensibly good knives, I haven’t handled either.
However, the Benchmade appears to have a smoother flickability fun factor and the handle scales are more rounded, while the P3 is thinner in the pocket and aesthetically more interesting. Both blades have a thicker, more “hard use” construction than I need. My current favorite EDC is my Spyderco Dragonfly, but I’d like a longer knife for cutting food sometimes.
Dream knife: Spyderco Native Lightweight, with it’s aesthetically smooth top with no thumb ramp to break the line between blade and handle, the rounded edges of the FRN handles, ergonomics, the deep carry wire clip, but thin down the blade to almost Delica thinness, stretch the blade longer so the tip reaches right to the end of the handle, use a Benchmade axis lock, and make the handle scales a unique color like the British Racing Green they use with ZDP knives or “Ben Blue” from the BladeHQ videos. If they also made a version with ergonomic sculpted handles made from Micarta and a super steel, I’d buy that as a forever knife, but if they also offered a low-cost version in FRN and VG-10 or Sandvik steel I would happily buy both models soon as I was financially able!
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