One Plus One Creatives

I did this once before, with a similar Wooden Training Katana (Bokken is their proper name I guess) that existed at my parents for years. There was some calligraphy ink in my house, and I got the idea that it could be used as a wood stain, (lo and behold, it really was used on bokkens back in the day!) and with it I could swap the colors on the Bokken by staining the recessed wood before sanding off the paint. It worked great! I sold it on eBay and didn't record the process. So I bought a similar one and started again!

So let me get lost in the sauce, this video wasn't only made to document the restoration process but as a project in and of itself! "Woahhhhhhh" I'm learning how to film these kind of videos, framing and editing it down to the important bits. Instagram's reel editor is a great starting point for me as I get more confident and learn a tiny bit about editing videos. I'd like to make longer format content some day.

I was thinking about the negative guillotine I saw at my local lab when this fool-proof and totally safe idea came to me! Boy, tabletop vises are great.

A quick little project to make a vintage Canon strap work with a less-vintage camera.