My new kris comes with a dilemma

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Hello all,
my latest kris has turned up but I now have a dilemma. There is no bindings on the handle so I arranged to get some rattan for binding after I knew I had won the kris. But when the kris turned up the wood is so beautiful I don't want to cover it up. My dilemma is as follows: I would like to secure the asang-asang tail but I don't want to fully cover the wood. Is there any examples of half bound kris? I'm thinking I'd like to bind the handle until the asag-asang tail is covered but leave the rest of the handle exposed.
Anyway my notes after looking through Cato:
sulu fighting kris, long copper asang asang, late 1800s - early 1900s?
Any suggestions appreciated
thanks