Regarding the "tang nut", it is normally installed only in conjunction with a butt cap. On the leather washer handle, the nut is on top of the butt cap. On any other handle like stag, wood, or micarta, the nut is recessed in the butt cap.

If you order a CDT model like a #14 or #15, fitted with micarta, and no butt cap, there's no need for the nut, exposed or recessed. The epoxy bonds the micarta to the steel tang.

You state that you want "no spacers and no metal on hilt." The red-white-blue spacers, of course, are both patriotic and free. In lieu of that combination, you can have either all-red or all-black spacers, also free.

You will have to ask the Capt as to whether the spacers can be omitted completely from your order. If so, you would have to state that no spacers requested.

Your "Worker Bee" order (with spacers) submitted would be:
Model 14- CDT (M14-CDT) @ $ 380.00
Stainless Steel (SS) @ $ 65.00
Nickel-Silver Hilt-Single (NS1) @ $ 25.00
Maroon micarta ( MM2). @ $ 50.00
All-Black Spacers (all-black sp) @ $ N/C
Total with spacers @ $ 520.00

I have sold thousands of Randall's since 1975, and never had a micarta handle separate from the blade.

At the top of this forum page is a Model 15-CDT with green micarta, single brass hilt, aluminum & black spacers, a border patrol handle shape, and a wrist thong.

You have three chargeable options already, SS, NS1 & MM2, out of five maximum options. If you want to add $50.00 to your knife order total, you could add the "Border Patrol Handle (BPH) @ $25.00 and the "Wrist Thong" (WT) @ $25.00, making your total order, $ 570.00. The Border Patrol Handle is second in demand to the standard grip on the model 14.

Hope this helps.