Dear Ganjawulung,
Next time I'm sure I wil try your way of cleaning.
I didn't clean the hilt with vinegar, I just used water and some mild soap but it was (like its dress) so dirty, you wouldn't believe it...(in real it's a little bit darker than at the picture but I left it that way so you could have a better look at the keris itself)
At the same time I bought this keris I bought another Solo keris, 11 luk, from the same person, and it was also that dirty, I wonder what happend to those kerisses.
The problem is that, due our history, there are a lot of kerisses in the Netherlands but also a lot are in a bad shape, so I like to buy a pile of rust to reform it to something like a "normal" keris, it gives me the feeling I've saved something.
