The description of the weapon says it does an extra 3 damage, bypassing armor.

The question is, does all of the damage bypass armor (good), or just the 3 extra damage (not so good)? UESP and the ES Wiki weren't very clear last time I checked, so I just wanted to make sure.

From the way it sounds...hmmm sounds like is that the 3 armor.

I'm thinking it's the not so good option.