Hello Michael,
Nice examples!
I agree that the top 2 are Visayan with locally forged blades. I do feel that these fall short of a kris/keris definition and, thus, wouldn't call them kris swords (even though their design was likely based on Moro kris).
The lower one doesn't look Visayan to me. Based on the weird gangya scroll work, could this more likely be a Lumad piece?
Regards,
Kai
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