Baldwin Estate 4706 1-1/4" Diameter Classic Knob

Five: 003 Polished Brass, 031 Non-Lacquered Brass, 044 Satin Brass PVD, 112 Venetian Bronze, and 190 Satin Black. Two of those behave very differently over time. 031 Non-Lacquered Brass has no topcoat and will darken and patina with handling, which is what you want if you're matching an aged brass scheme and what you don't want on a rental turn. 044 Satin Brass PVD is the opposite end, a physical vapor deposition finish built to hold its color under daily hand contact.

The 4706 is part of Baldwin's Estate Series, so it shares that line's finish numbering with the rest of Estate. If your door hardware is already Estate in 112 Venetian Bronze, ordering the 4706 in 112 keeps the cabinet knobs on the same finish code. Worth knowing that unlacquered 031 is the exception to any matching plan, since it changes appearance as it ages while the coated finishes hold where they started.

Being a single-hole knob, the 4706 drops onto an existing knob bore with no new drilling. The 1-1/4 inch head gives you a footprint that hides minor wear or finish shadow around the old hole. If you're coming off a two-hole pull, though, a knob will leave one hole exposed, so you'd be filling and refinishing the door face or moving to a pull that matches the existing center spacing.

Projection is 1.16 inches off the face, with the knob head measuring 1.25 inches across. That matters in a galley kitchen or a tight hallway run of cabinets where a deeper knob catches hips and sleeves, and it's also what decides whether the knob clears an adjacent inset door or an appliance panel when the door swings.

Solid brass is the substrate. The finishes are applied over that brass body, including nickel plating on the plated options. Brass gives you a knob you can polish or refinish later rather than one that flakes down to pot metal, which is the practical difference from a die cast knob at the same size.

Baldwin classifies the Estate 4706 as residential. For an owner's unit, a custom home, or a hospitality guest room millwork package it's the right kind of part. For a high-traffic institutional casework program where you're standardizing across hundreds of doors, spec a knob classified for commercial duty instead.

Knobs at 1-1/4 inch are a single-screw mount, so there is no center-to-center spacing to match and no second hole to drill, which makes them the simpler retrofit when you're replacing existing knobs one for one. Pulls need two holes on a fixed center spacing and are the usual choice for wide, heavy drawer fronts where a single grip point feels off balance. A common split is the 4706 knob on upper doors and pulls on the deep drawers below.