another kris ( Lanti ) for comment

[kino]

Rhys, Do you think this came out of the same factory??
Long lost sibling perhaps???

[Spunjer]

WOW! what are the chances, huh? the similarities are stunning: from the handle deco, gangya, etc. same town?

[kai]

Originally Posted by kino

Do you think this came out of the same factory?? Long lost sibling perhaps???

Nah, definitely not siblings IMHO. I'd posit that there seem to be several decades between their birthdays... [Kino, there is no separate gangya, is it?]

If you compare them closely, there are quite a few differences especially with the file work on the lower gangya as well as with the okir design.

Regards,
Kai

[Bill]

Here's one that belongs to this family. It's got a 26.25" blade & by far the heaviest kris I own. It does have a seperate ganya, as I suspect Kino's has also. The file work seems to be closer to the one RhysMichael posted, most notebly, the bulge under the trunk. The stampings on the metal bands is very simular to the 2 already posted. There is a pomel plate at the end. Suspect it shared some of the same craftsmen that worked on the other two.