I can put a wicked edge on a knife and am good at that type of blade but I am the slowest mechanic or doing any job where you work with your hands. I do a great job but take forever. For some people sharpening and polishing blades is a type of meditation because it takes 100% of your brain and I find it soothing. In a way it is almost a spiritual connection with everyone else who has ever maintained a blade like that. I am rebuilding a brutalized WW1 Canadian Ross Rifle bayonet.
It really needs a lot of love but is turning out really well.