Can't close OLITAN GO40

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WizardGuy

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Greetings, all. I'm a first-time folding knife buyer and I'm afraid I need some help.

I recently watched a MaxLvlEDC video in which he covered an OLITAN knife. He called it the GO25, although the Amazin page he linked to refers to it as the GO30. Either way, this is where I purchased it from: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNYNJHS1/ref=dp_iou_view_item?ie=UTF8&th=1

The knife opened and locked easily enough, but for the life of me I can't get it closed again. I've found multiple videos showing people repeatedly opening and closing it but I can't seem to mimic what they're doing, and I've found no clear instructions.

I currently have it stashed in a plastic box for safety and am considering returning it as broken, but since this is my first time using a folding knife it occurs to me that the problem might be on my end. Can anyone explain/show exactly how you're supposed to unlock onw of these?

Help is appreciated.
 
I've never owned one but here's a youtube video. In it the guy opens and closes it a couple of times.
Let me know if it helped.
 
P.S. - I apologize if this is the wrong subforum for this, but you guys seem to have a hundred of them here and I'm not entirely sure where this should go. A subforum with "folders" in the title seemed the best place.
 
The knife has a liner lock mechanism.

This knife should give you a good visual representation since the it's liner lock is brass and easy to see.
The liner tab springs over to block the blade from closing, push it to the left out of the path of the blade, and you can close it.

 
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It looks like a liner lock. When you open the knife, a flat spring in the handle blocks the knife in place. Push the spring to the side to allow knife to close.
 
> "here's a youtube video."

Thanks, but I already found that one (among others). Like I said, the problem is that I can't mimic what they're doing without instructions.
 
When you push that part of the liner out of the way, please do it with two hands, rather than the way in the video above. At least until you're used to the concept.
 
It looks like a liner lock! Move the liner sideways to unlock the blade.
 
> "You posted this in the wrong section"

Sorry about that. Which one should I have used?

> "Google how to close a linerlock knife"

That did it! Thanks.
 
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