How do you close a switchblade knife?
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How do you close a switchblade knife?
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Depends on the design. There are a variety of mechanisms. The classic Italian “stiletto” usually has a pivoting lock that engages the back of the blade. Lifting that allows the blade to be closed.
I have a Chinese model where the activating button is also the blade release.
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Most modern switch blades are OTF automatic knives and you will pull down on the same lever button that you pushed up on to retract the blade. Much like the forward thumb button on a Smith & Wesson Revolver but it goes in both directions. For classic switch blades, there is a full section on the blade that you can push the blade closed just in the same way that you would close any folding knife.
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Try one of the following
the button that opened the blade, push again and see if it’s releases the blade.
Check the “spine” of the handle to look for a release or something that is holding/licking the blade open
Check the liner to determine if there is a flexible piece of metal that can be pushed to the side that allows the blade to close
Extra all of the above methods are in play but also look for a secondary button/switch that allows you to activate one of the previous 3 options
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Personally I found switchblade knife is shit. Even though something people like it.
The one I used was a switchable knife and it had a button where I used to push to open it. And it had the same option to push the button to close it. But most of the time I closed it manually to keep my finger safe.
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Depends the design, single action button/double action button— although most stilettos, the top bolster above the action open button,(OTS), usually pivots forward, releasing the catch on spine of open knife
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Depends on the model; most modern deigns lock like a regular spring-assisted or flip-open knife, but the classic stilleto-style switchblade (which you are probably asking about) comes in locking and non-locking variations.
Normally all you have to do is push down on the crossguard to unlock the blade
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The other answer works for most knives, but one type has been omitted.
If the knife is the “traditional” design, where the opening latch, if pulled the to the rear, does not close it, and the blade comes out the side, then you will find that the handle has two decorative side pieces at the same end as the locking piece, beside the base of the blade.
One of these decorative side pieces will swivel, unlocking the blade and allowing it to fold back into the handle. Fold the blade and it will latch on the opening catch. You can now apply the safety catch (it’s the sliding button to the rear of the opening button). To reopen, slide the safety catch to the rear and press the button. BE CAREFUL WITH THE PLACEMENT OF YOUR FINGERS. I am sorry that I don’t have a photo, but the last time I saw a flickknife was nearly fifty years ago, when one of my friends brought one back from France.
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Switchblades are usually crap quality, sometimes they just fold right up.Many you have to push the button to close and “reset” the blade. In the case of really good switchblades, which are rare, there sometimes is a blade spring release, which allows you to close the blade independent of the push button.
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