Fixable, but a lot of work.
I don't think the hilt is "tourist". I think its the real deal, but fairly recent, and not particularly wonderful quality.
Anybody with average skill with hand-tools can make a gonjo, its no big deal, just a lot of patient, careful work. You start with a block of mild steel and just make it smaller---pretty easy really.
The wrongko is harder. Not a lot of non-wrongko makers have the skill to make one, so you need to order one from Indonesia.
Total cost of $$$ and time for a restoration on this could be considered to be too high for the overall quality of the blade and handle. But it is doable.
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