Unusual kris with shell guard

[Gustav]

Carlos, are there engravings on the Gandhik (area under the elefant trunk), or are these just different overlapping metal layers? I see, this side of the blade base (from your previous post) is in much better state of preservation, perhaps becouse of the protrusion of the hand guard covering it. Now we see the other side has been extensively filed down.

If you were able to remove the hilt and hand guard completely, it would be very interesting to see a complete picture of this side (base of blade looking at it from 90°).