One of the things I most enjoyed on vacation was a bit of smithying.
I visited a recreation of a medieval village (and yes there was jousting sort of[1]). But there was also a smith at his forge and for a modest sum I could choose to make a hook or a bottle opener (presumably for all those medieval bottles of beer...).

I had a go at the bottle opener and although I was under strict guidance, naturally, I was surprised at the hands off nature of smith letting me get on with it. It was no surprise that it was hard work - keeping the forge hot with the hand pumped bellows, hefting the chunky hammers, trying to get the metal in the shape you wanted (to look good and be functional at opening a bottle), trying to remember what was hot and not to be touched...

But the satisfaction of actually making something. And making something that looks remarkably good for absolutely no practice or previous experience whatsoever, was quite something.

Presumably that's why I enjoy putting together 'finished' things like library tours and hate the endless email/paperwork/reading that never seems to achieve anything.

[1] I say sort of because I've seen it before where two riders would really go at each other. Here they took in turns to tilt at wood or pick up rings or whathaveyou - which was still impressive and took a lot of skill.