John C Posted January 15, 2023 Report Posted January 15, 2023 Hello: Not sure if this is the right place, however I can't read the punched "letter." What would be the best guess for this character on a Kanehide nakago? George Trotter notes "Kanehide does have katakana prefixed and also alphabet prefixed numbers (prob. assy. numbers) on his tangs but always painted". I'm thinking it's the katakana letter "a". What are your thoughts? Thank you, John C. Quote
DMNK Posted January 16, 2023 Report Posted January 16, 2023 On the top : アハ〇 - A Ha 0 or ア八〇 = A80 On the bottom : A九三〇 - A930 Anyone seeing what I am seeing? Best regards 3 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted January 16, 2023 Report Posted January 16, 2023 He's looking at the painting kanji, Uwe. Dominik has them. Quote
uwe Posted January 16, 2023 Report Posted January 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said: He's looking at the painting kanji, Uwe. Dominik has them. Oops… I thought he wrote that he “…can’t read the “punched letter…”. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted January 17, 2023 Report Posted January 17, 2023 19 hours ago, uwe said: he wrote By golly, you're right! Sorry! 1 Quote
uwe Posted January 17, 2023 Report Posted January 17, 2023 No problem, Bruce….sometimes it’s better you have an eye on me…🤓 Quote
DMNK Posted January 18, 2023 Report Posted January 18, 2023 My bad aswell. I thought this was about the katakana serial numbers 😅 Quote
John C Posted January 18, 2023 Author Report Posted January 18, 2023 14 hours ago, DMNK said: katakana serial numbers You are correct. I was trying to ask about the green painted katakana letter, but didn't express that very well. It looked to me like an "a" but I wasn't sure. John C. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 Like I always say - Communication is a terrible thing! Quote
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