Need help removing pill of SK68

yes I know. It is another in the line of SK68 style lights, thought I’d ask in this thread rather than start my own.

I call it the slim sk68 clone. Certainly light weight and not that impressed with the tolerances in the threads. The ultrafire clones don’t have the notches or grooves either but unscrew much more readily. Well, I only have one of these slim clones so they probably aren’t all like mine.

I think the SK58 is a twist zoom? This one is slide action: