So I built this cedar strip corset out of scraps from building my canoe and I'm out on the backyard taking pictures and my aunt just walks out and hands me this sword and is like "looked like you needed this"

She wasn't wrong.

Here's what the corset looks like btw. Swords aside

OH WAIT. then she goes "oh you're doing a Mulan thing? Let me go get my katana.

She then proceeded to produce like 5 more swords

Including this extra AF rapier.

(My aunt is a professional fencer, if you can't tell.)

Pssst. If you wanna see a video of how I made it you can subscribe to my new YT channel that has nothing on it but the corset video is coming out in a month lolol (after the canoe build video!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEn3fRj2e0mpqYsijxnzayg

Oh and if anyone wants to comission a canoe (or a corset I guess...?) my restless hands and quarantined ass would be v thankful

Aight while we're on heartwarming aunt pics (I spent summers living with my aunt and uncle and we'd go wilderness canoe camping in the Adirondacks in homebuilt canoes because they are the coolest.) Felt the need to recreate this pic the day of my canoe's maiden voyage

AIGHT so this channel wasn't supposed to go live until Tuesday and it was supposed to be with a different video BUT since y'all seem really into this corset and I'm a shameless opportunist I spent all day editing this and it's up!

VIDEO ON HOW I MADE IT:

Warrior princess training continues with my badass sword aunt! Spoiler alert: I lost.

Will post a video on my patreon later! Maybe we will even do a livestream to talk about swords, boats, and everything in between!
https://www.patreon.com/xylafoxlin