This thing won me over to the para 3 despite my complete indifference to or before. The normal one didn't quite do it for me as it felt like it was going for a pm2 in a small size but ending up as a stubby thick not quite kinda thing for me. Even gifted away my cruwear para 3 but in its lw format it's pretty phenomenal.
Been carrying it a lot lately and pushing it to its limits and I have to say I don't mind the thick stock on such a small blade though so much anymore are a working man's knife. I've dropped it, put it through reasonably heavy outdoorsy activities and (for the very first time) I snapped the very fine tip off but aside from that the m390 which I guess also played its part held up wonderful. Once I get some more use out of it to find its limits I'll work on it and bring it back to perfect and then beyond. I'm unsure whether I prefer it over a native 5 though. Only have the original s35vn native to compare it to but I think I like them equally. Here in the eu there is a place where I can get a n5 lw in rex 45 but I think I'm plenty satisfied with my current as is.
Also, after disassembly cleaning and applying nano oil accordingly this pm3 is crazy smooth despite having one washer and no play to speak of. Which is pretty crazy imo. After a day of hard use some sand and stuff got in there which made the detent slip but a quick cleaning session fixed that. Still it's something I hadn't seen before in any comp lock so I'll see how that goes coming week.
Kinda regret gifting the cruwear pm3 now though, would have had the grey g10 cruwear set from military, pm2 and pm3 complete otherwise but it's in a good place now. Told my friend not to baby the knife and he has been using it daily since so I'm just happy to have a close friend experiencing what a good knife can do for you haha. Same thing happened to an other mate who got a manix 2 lw in s110v I thought lost. Got a new one a day later just to get the old one back from an honest collegue so zero regrets there too. Been 2 years but he still carries it everywhere despite never carrying a knife before that so I'm just happy to spread the joy.
And yeah the manix 2 in rex 45 above.. I really considered it but after carrying the g10 s110v one for a while I decided against it. That thing has and still is a beast, never let me down so.. Oh and it going for 180 euros here ( 194,77 United States Dollar) was a deal breaker. That's just too much of a price increase over the US pricing..
:p 
's in 10 different steels
