The Spyderco Para 3 Salt C223GMCBKP is the fully blacked-out premium Para 3 Salt — CPM MagnaCut blade under DLC Black coating, Black G-10 handle, and Spyderco's Compression Lock in the USA-made Para 3 platform, delivering Larrin Thomas's purpose-designed PM steel that simultaneously leads in edge retention, toughness, and corrosion resistance in a zero-reflective-surface all-black build that performs in marine environments and carries with complete stealth in any context.

The CPM MagnaCut blade is Larrin Thomas's purpose-designed powder metallurgy knife steel — the steel formulated to simultaneously maximize edge retention, toughness, and corrosion resistance, the three properties that production knife steels historically trade off against each other. CPM MagnaCut achieves corrosion resistance that approaches LC200N and H-1 in saltwater and marine environments through its alloy design, while delivering edge retention that substantially exceeds both LC200N and H-1 and toughness that exceeds most high-hardness stainless steels — the ceiling of what the Para 3 Salt platform can deliver in a single steel specification. The DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) Black coating adds a second independent layer of protection over CPM MagnaCut's already outstanding corrosion resistance — a physical vapor deposition hard coating bonded to the blade flat at the molecular level, thinner and harder than Cerakote, chemically inert against moisture and environmental exposure, and producing zero blade glare across the entire blade surface. In a marine carry knife, DLC over CPM MagnaCut creates the most corrosion-protected blade surface in the Para 3 Salt lineup — two independent corrosion barriers on the most corrosion-resistant knife steel Spyderco puts in the Salt series. The Black G-10 handle completes the all-black build — fiberglass laminate that is chemically inert, unaffected by saltwater and UV exposure, more aggressive in grip texture than FRN under sustained wet-hand use, and combined with the DLC Black blade produces a completely stealth appearance with no reflective surface anywhere on the knife.

• Blade: CPM MagnaCut powder stainless, drop point profile, DLC Black coating, plain edge — Larrin Thomas's PM steel leading edge retention, toughness, and corrosion resistance simultaneously; DLC Black adds a second independent corrosion barrier over MagnaCut's own resistance; zero blade glare; plain edge sharpens on conventional abrasives and takes a finer edge than LC200N or H-1
• Handle: Black G-10 (fiberglass laminate), textured surface — chemically inert and unaffected by saltwater, UV, and marine biological exposure; more aggressive grip texture than FRN under sustained wet-hand use; Black G-10 against DLC Black blade produces a fully stealth all-black build with zero reflective surfaces
• Deployment / Lock: Compression Lock via Spyderco Round Hole — Spyderco's strongest folding lock mechanism, resisting both rearward and lateral blade movement under hard use; ambidextrous Round Hole allows one-hand opening from any grip position including with wet or gloved hands
• Carry: Approximately 2.87 oz, tip-up right-hand clip, Para 3 profile — USA-made compact Compression Lock folder; 2.93-inch blade in an all-black stealth build suited to both marine working carry and everyday tactical or professional carry

Ideal For

Marine, tactical, and premium EDC buyers who want CPM MagnaCut's simultaneous edge retention and corrosion resistance advantage in a fully blacked-out all-black Para 3 Salt build — the C223GMCBKP delivers the ceiling of Para 3 Salt performance in a zero-reflective-surface configuration that performs in saltwater environments and carries with complete stealth in any carry context. Buyers choosing between the DLC Black G-10 C223GMCBKP and the satin Black and Yellow G-10 C223GBKYLMCP who want an all-black stealth build over the two-tone field build — both deliver CPM MagnaCut in G-10 with the Compression Lock; the C223GMCBKP adds the DLC double-layer corrosion protection and eliminates every reflective surface for buyers who want the most protected and most stealth Para 3 Salt available. Premium Salt series buyers who want the highest-specification Para 3 Salt in a compact 2.93-inch format — CPM MagnaCut DLC over Black G-10 with the Compression Lock is the most premium material specification in the Para 3 Salt lineup, combining the best steel, the best blade coating, and the strongest lock in a USA-made compact carry platform.

CPM MagnaCut that leads the Para 3 Salt lineup in edge retention, toughness, and corrosion resistance, DLC Black coating that adds a second independent corrosion barrier and eliminates all blade glare, Black G-10 that completes a fully stealth all-black build and grips harder than FRN in wet conditions, and the Compression Lock — the Spyderco Para 3 Salt C223GMCBKP is the fully blacked-out premium Para 3 Salt at $220. Add the Spyderco Para 3 Salt C223GMCBKP to your cart today and get same-or-next-business-day shipping from Columbia, Louisiana, backed by Spyderco's lifetime guarantee. Questions? Call 888-225-9775 — we carry these knives daily.