Red-Hot Knife vs Hydraulic Press - Video

Can a hydraulic press destroy a red-hot knife?

A glowing knife should be easy prey for a hydraulic press. The Action Lab tries it, torching a kitchen knife until it glows orange, well short of his thousand-degree goal. The real problem comes first: the blade won't stand upright on its own, so he bolts it spine-down into a metal bracket rig. Then he predicts the knife will fold, or his rig will break. The ram drops. The edge curls over like a bent playing card, and the rig snaps too. He lays the knife flat across two pins, and it bends without breaking. So he rests it on two sockets and presses a third into the middle. The blade folds into a steep U and tears, but a thin strip still connects the halves, and he snaps it with his fingers. In his own words, that was hard to do.

Source: The Action Lab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTWMXzE-kKY