Yes, you are correct Robin. My intention was light hearted humor..., not actually insinuating that near diamond hardness is needed for ANYTHING on a firearm!

Coming from a firearms background and THEN learning custom knife-making later, it’s been easy to see the stark differences in metallurgy between the two. But I have come across a few ONLY involved in knife making...and then learning the metallurgy characteristics surrounding firearms. Most every part on a firearm seems ’bout soft as lead when compared to knife steel! LOL. And dealing with the likes of 4140/50, 8620, 416R, 9310 etc., to the world of High Speed, High Alloy, stainless steels with more Carbon than MOST Carbon Steels & Powder Metals or Particle Metallurgy, can be QUITE an eye opener. Fascinating material.