Katakana (?) on nakago?

[John C]

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.

[DMNK]

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 

 

 

[uwe]

First kanji should be 関 (Seki).

[Bruce Pennington]

He's looking at the painting kanji, Uwe.  Dominik has them.

[uwe]

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…”.

[Bruce Pennington]

19 hours ago, uwe said:

he wrote

By golly, you're right!   Sorry!

[uwe]

No problem, Bruce….sometimes it’s better you have an eye on me…🤓

[DMNK]

My bad aswell. I thought this was about the katakana serial numbers 😅

[John C]

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.

[Bruce Pennington]

Like I always say - Communication is a terrible thing!