David, as I said at the beginning of my post, I was giving an opinion, not providing advice.
If I were to provide advice, it would be more or less in line with the advice that has already been given:-
glue the scabbard together, use a good furniture oil to to clean it, I prefer Sheraton, then a good furniture wax, clean the hilt the same way, lightly clean the pendongkok, do a complete clean and stain of the blade.
If it were mine, that's what I'd do with it, and for a segment of the keris market this would also maximise value.
However, the keris market has a number of segments, and they do not all have the same requirements.
Similarly not all people who have keris in their possession have the same tastes, nor the same level of knowledge.
The objective of my initial post was to encourage dave78 to slow down, think about what had already been said, and decide if he wants to learn a little more about keris or if he simply wants to preserve a little bit of family memorabilia.
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