Should smash using a bench scraper not the knife. Can damage the knife or (worse) cut yourself in horrifying ways smashing with a knife. Unless you're using the butt of the knife, then carry on.
Also the press removes the skin and the mush is better for salad dressings.
WWI artillery shell found in memorial park
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/memorial-park-world-war-i-object/285-bf7450bf-d337-4798-81cc-d7fbc3ecd276