Niklové stříbro je trochu nesprávné označení, protože “stříbro” popisuje barvu kovu a ne obsah. This is a base metal alloy consisting of primarily copper with nickel and/or zinc. This type of silver is an inexpensive base metal that is similar in appearance to sterling but, again, it contains no real silver at all. It is quite soft and makes an excellent practice metal. Nickel silver can be soldered but it is sometimes difficult to make solder seams that are not obvious. Nickel silver has many other names on the market such as Alpaca silver or German silver. Používá se v bižuterii, ale měl by být jasně popsán jako slitina niklu, protože mnoho lidí je na nikl alergických. We also recommend selling nickel silver as a “základní kov” protože termín “nikl stříbro” může být pro spotřebitele zavádějící.