Dan,

Sorry that I did not notice your question earlier.

The shop charges the same to install pure silver hilts and butt caps as it does to install nickel silver hilts and butt caps (or butt plates). The shop charge to install sterling silver spacers is the same as it would be if you ordered aluminum or brass spacers.

The one significant difference is that while the shop will not install nickel silver lugged hilts at any price, it will install pure silver lugged hilts on any knife where a brass lugged hilt is available. Again, the shop charge for installing a pure silver lugged hilt is the same as the shop charge for installing optional brass lugged hilts.

To make sure that there is no confusion on the subject, while the shop will install pure silver hardware on its knives, it does not supply the pure silver hardware, I have been doing that for about 15 years.

Regards,
Doug