small kris

[simatua]

I always wondered what was mend by "vintage" Now i know

In my opinion this is a touristic piece indeed. But for decoration purpase not too bad.
According to the photo's the blade seems to be made of one piece iron( no separate gandja), which is not (patern) welded.

I think in this case it would not be to bad to try to get some welding out, if its there of course whith lemon lime; Its better to try it with this kind of stuff than taking the risk of destroing a good keris.... It wil give you some experience about etching.
Try to brush it with a toothbrush for a couple of days, over and over again, till you see a patern.
For the exact cleaning and edge of the blade you can find all about in aerlier topics

greetings
Martin