How to disassemble and maintain your Spyderco Sage 5 Pocketknife

Published: 8 years ago

The Spyderco Sage 5 is a compression lock knife which is pretty straightforward to take apart, although you've gotta deal with some threadlocker before you can make any progress.

This one took a little while because I focused on de-burring and cleaning a bit of factory mess, but it's not so complex!

Also, that big pin that I couldn't figure out? Duh. It's the compression lock pin, against which the tang is... compressed.

Also, note that Spyderco has now changed their warranty policy so that disassembly is A-OK and Red-Loctite is banished. For more information: https://youtu.be/Ed0kzmsz0Qs

To learn more about the tools I'm using, check this video: https://youtu.be/q8OSJ9FsRek
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