Nikkelsølv er litt misvisende fordi “sølv” beskriver fargen på metallet og ikke innholdet. 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. Den brukes i kostymesmykker, men bør tydelig beskrives som en nikkellegering siden mange mennesker er allergiske mot nikkel. We also recommend selling nickel silver as a “uedelt metall” fordi begrepet “nikkel sølv” kan være villedende for forbrukere.