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Here you go, I'm not sure if they helps but I wiped off the oil as much as possible and took a few more photos in the light. https://imgur.com/a/0HNqjzO Thanks again, - Brandon L

Thank you all for your replies and information, I'll post another album tonight with the oil wiped off. - Brandon L

Hi all, new here but I joined because I recently received my first Nihonto! Pretty excited, its just a wakizashi however and not a full katana but I adore it all the same. I don't really have any information on it since it was a gift, however I think the smith's name is Yukimitsu 行光 looking at the nakago. It lacks any other real information so I'm pretty stuck from there, I'm no where near experienced enough to know smithing schools and characteristics of a nihonto to make an educated guess on its era or smith school, If anyone can help with some information that would be great. But I can admire it, I often get lost looking at the hamon, I just find it amazing to just stare into and the clean lines are just perfect, I never understood how people could stare into seemingly bland paintings for ages, I think I kinda get it now . Here's a link to the imgur album, please excuse the oil on the last image, I'm currently using a heavy mineral oil and it beads up like that no matter what, currently looking for a lighter oil. - Brandon L https://imgur.com/a/rmXOptM

Good day honourable people of NMB! I'm Brandon and I'm very new/novice to Nihontos. I also feel like I started pretty young, 19 as of this post so please excuse my inexperience. Throughout my education I've had a passion for history and this eventually centered on Japanese history, my main focuses are the Sengoku Jidai and Meiji Restoration as they both peaked my interests. Although I only studied this casually (a video here and a wiki page there, as well as anything I can find in my University library), I'm always ready to learn more as a student of history. This inevitably led me down the path of Nihonto. I recently received my first Nihonto as a gift and my fascination skyrocketed to research more about it. I look forward from learning the nuances of Nihonto, I'll be in your care fellas. . - Brandon L