Silver hardware is a nice touch sometimes. Here are three examples of it on a Randall Model 12-9.
 
Jim, those knives are gorgeous.  I'm no expert either, but that might be California Buckeye burl on that first handle.  Really sweet.  The first knife in that set of three is a stunner as well.  Do you know who did the scrim of the Gyrfalcon on the handle?  I love the way the artist used the natural colors in the handle to represent the cliff the bird is sitting on.  Some people have such amazing imagination and talent.