Kogatana Hamon

[kyushukairu]

Any thoughts on this kogatana's hamon? I had initially thought it was Fuji san, but then realised I was looking at it upside down

[Ray Singer]

Looks like toran-ba. I see a tama (round tobiyaki) above the waves. Some togari mixed in.

[Jean]

I don’t think it’s toranba Ray, it is very difficult to judge or named on only one wavy bump.

[Ray Singer]

This is the area I was referring to, but I may be wrong (trick of the light). Difficult to evaluate in the current photos of that tama is really there.

 

[PhoenixDude]

Its pretty either way! Is it signed? Can we get better pics of the whole thing?

[Jean]

Some kind of gunome midare, but the picture is not good enough. In any case as you stated it is a mixed hamon

[kyushukairu]

Thanks for the comments, chaps. I've tried to take a better photo, but it's not much of an improvement on the previous one.
I don't think it's toran-ba, but just the lack of clarity in the photo. Where it looks like tama is just where the hamon turns back on itself
It's not signed, though there is the remnants of a ken horimono on the other side

[nagamaki - Franco]

Hello Kyle,

 

For reference, while going through older files I came across this ko gatana which featured a toran-ba hamon by Suketaka who was well known for this style.