Watch This 1000 Degree Rocket Knife Slice Through a Bottle of Coke, Silly String and Lighters

Fireball potential: high.

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After seeing a rocket-powered plough slice through a full-sized car on Mythbusters, backyard scientist Kevin Kohler wanted to make his own. But like most people, he didn’t quite have the funds to build the project to scale, so he opted for a smaller version as we see here actualized as a rocket-knife. To make things more interesting, he experiments with heating the knife to 1000 degrees for added cutting power and fireball potential when in contact with flammables. Check out the video above complete with slow motion clips as he launches the super hot knife through a bottle of coke, silly string and two packs of lighters.

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