Does cleaning a keris hurt overall value or patina?

[David]

Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

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.

Well exactly Alan. I have already acknowledged that there are different markets. That is why i have only suggested to Dave that he carefully clean his keris and rid it of active rust. I have a hard time seeing how those actions would have an adverse effect on any market.
I have not recommended staining or even re-gluing the sheath, two things that i would probably do with this keris were it in my hands.