No it's not as heavy I actually want it because I said before it's a true shoulder bag and the weight issue. this bag is much lighter less hardware ,the handles are very heavy on the JPG birkin I and II ,and I believe that the major reason is the way the bag is balanced note how far the arch of the Kelly stretches on the top of the bag as opposed to how close together and narrow the space is on the hadles of the birkin space form handle base to handle base so hope this helps darling,birkel.