Yeah, you probably were vague enough David, its just that if you trawled the tourist traps in Bali , and saw the real "tourist quality", you'd probably never use the term again.Certainly not on something like this keris.
As far as restoration of this keris goes, really, it all comes down to how much you're willing to spend, Rand. Sure, it can be done, but its a pretty average sort of keris, and when you add up the money involved, you might not think its worth paying out that much. I reckon the way to go would be to do the work yourself. If you've got average skill with hand tools, it could be done. Even an attempt at a wrongko could be tried, but then you're looking at an investment of time. If you could not regard it as hobby time well spent, then its probably not a very attractive option.
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