Opinions: large Kris w/ intricate inlay

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Ian

Interestingly, there appears to be a horizontal crack in the tang (4) at a point similar to where your tang appears to have broken. Perhaps a forging flaw that may have eventually led to this one also breaking."


Regards,


Ian

Now this comment is really interesting (at least to me).
How to interpret this has me more than a bit stumped.
Same area, same forging fault; same Smith ?