9th Fret Position Marker on Kanile'as?

Anyone know why Kanile'a puts a position marker on the 9th instead of the 10th fret?

Kala and Pono both use 10th-fret markers, and 10th-fret markers seem the most useful to me.

Is there a reason the 9th-fret marker might be helpful?

EDITED to say I just noticed they only do this on their baritones. Tenors have the 10th-fret marker. I guess maybe they're trying to mark the baritones more like guitars, which usually have the 9th-fret marker.

Thanks!

-Brett

I prefer no markers at all but, if they must, the 9th fret is better than the 10th! My Kanile'a GL6 has one on the 9th fret so I didn't paint over it like I do on my tenor 'ukuleles.

Guitars seem to be the only instruments that have the 9th fret marker. Banjos, mandolins, tiples, ukuleles. . . all have a tenth fret marker. I bought a banjolele with a twisted neck and had a luthier make me a new neck. Being a guitar player, he put the dots on the 9th fret.
with twisted neck

with new neck

My bass and requinto have 9th fret markers too.

9th actually is more natural to me , but then i'm a guitar player in the main.

Marker positions vary and really once you know what they are on the instrument you are playing, it doesn't matter much when you know.