Zartane,
I believe you are new here. Welcome to the forum.
I'm afraid that the blade is a newly made reproduction. The story that your cousin inherited it by his great grandfather is a little bit overdone. Unless his great grandfather bought it some years ago.
For the ukiran. Just clean it in wather with some soap to get off the dirt, but leave the patina. Unfortunately I cann't judge from the picture if it is real ivory but if it is ivory you got a very nice ukiran.
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