Emtek 8408 Select Cabinet Edge Pull, Schaub Collection

An edge pull grips over the edge of the front, which keeps the door or drawer face clear and keeps the hardware from projecting into a walkway. That is why they go on slab-front cabinetry, on drawers in a tight galley, and next to appliances. A front-mounted bar pull like the Omnia 1970, which lists a 1-1/4 inch projection, or the Omnia 1969 and 1971 at 1-3/16 inch, stands off the face and gives you a full hand grip, which is easier on heavy or stiff drawers. If the run is tight or the design is minimal, take the edge pull. If the drawer is heavy and loaded, a projecting bar pull gives more to hang onto.

The closest alternatives are the Schaub Sabre edge pulls, which are the same handle type: the 10010 at 3 inch center-to-center, the 10011 at 4 inch, and the 10012 at 5 inch. The practical difference is the hole spacing. The Sabre pulls sit on whole-inch spacings while the 8408 runs on quarter-inch spacings starting at 3-3/4 inches, so if you are drilling into an existing set of holes on a whole-inch layout the Schaub is the one that lines up. If you need spacings beyond 5 inches on an edge pull, the 8408 is the one that carries the range, up to 12-1/4 inches.

Four things settle the order: center-to-center spacing (3-3/4, 4-1/4, 5-1/4, 6-1/4, 8-1/4, 10-1/4 or 12-1/4 inches), bar style (knurled KN or smooth SM), finish (Flat Black US19, Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Polished Chrome US26, Polished Nickel US14, Satin Brass US4, Satin Copper SCU or Satin Nickel US15), and stem style, which is round (EDGR). Get the spacing off the drawer front width and the drilling layout first, since that is the one you cannot change after the holes are bored.

No. The 8408's spacings start at 3-3/4 inches and step in one-inch increments from 4-1/4 up, so nothing in the range lands on 3 inches. Drilling new holes on a 3 inch layout leaves the old bores exposed behind a pull that does not cover them. For a same-hole swap on 3 inch centers, the Schaub 10010 Sabre is an edge pull at exactly 3 inch center-to-center, and the Trimco 553 Series drawer pull is on 3 inch ctc as well. The Trimco 562 Series covers 3-1/2 inch, 4 inch and 96mm layouts.

The Emtek 8408 Select Cabinet Edge Pull starts at 3-3/4 inch center-to-center and runs up through 4-1/4, 5-1/4, 6-1/4, 8-1/4, 10-1/4 and 12-1/4 inch. For a smaller hole spacing on the same style of part, the Schaub 10010 Sabre Edge Pull is a 3 inch center-to-center edge pull. Schaub also builds the Sabre in 4 inch as the 10011 and 5 inch as the 10012, so a run of cabinets can step through those three spacings while staying in one family.

The Emtek 8408 is an edge pull, which mounts at the edge of the door or drawer rather than projecting off the face. For a face-mounted bar with a stated projection, the Omnia 1969 and 1971 are forged solid brass cabinet pulls with 1-3/16 inch projection and the Omnia 1970 is forged solid brass with 1-1/4 inch projection. The Deltana SBP35 is a heavy-duty solid brass square bar pull at 3-1/2 inch, and the Omnia 1968/102 is a forged solid brass pull with 4 inch center-to-center spacing.

The Emtek 8408 Select edge pull is a brass residential cabinet pull. For drawer pulls under a commercial specification, Trimco builds the 553 Series drawer pull at 3 inch center-to-center and the 562 Series with 3-1/2 inch, 4 inch and 96mm center-to-center options, so a facility standardizing on one drawer pull can cover both inch and metric hole patterns from the 562.

The Emtek 8408 is an edge pull, meaning it mounts on the face of the door or drawer front right at the edge with the grip wrapping over that edge, so your fingers come in from the side rather than from the front. It's a brass pull in the Emtek SELECT line with a contemporary look. That mounting style is what people reach for on flat slab fronts where they want the front face left clean, and on drawers or doors sitting tight against a wall or an appliance where a standard front-mounted bar pull would stick out into the way.

Both. The 8408 is offered in a knurled (KN) bar and a smooth (SM) bar. Knurled gives a textured, machined grip that reads heavier in a contemporary kitchen and gives more purchase on a wet hand; smooth is the plainer option and is easier to wipe down. The stem is a single style, round (EDGR), on either bar.

Seven finishes on the 8408: Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Copper (SCU) and Satin Nickel (US15). Five of those carry standard US finish codes, which is what lets you line the pull up against the passage and privacy hardware in the same room by code rather than by eye. Oil rubbed bronze is a living finish and will darken and wear at the touch points over time, so it will not stay identical to a piece installed years earlier.

Brass is the material and the substrate on the 8408, so the finish sits on a brass body rather than on plated zinc or steel. Emtek rates the SELECT cabinet line for residential use. For a landlord finishing a unit or a designer doing a private kitchen that is the right call. For a high-traffic institutional or commercial fitout, a property manager standardizing across a building is usually better served by hardware carrying a commercial rating.

They are both edge pulls, but they are different parts. The Emtek 8408 is a brass Select edge pull with a round stem, offered in a knurled or smooth bar style. The Schaub Sabre edge pulls are the 10010, 10011 and 10012, sold by fixed center-to-center at 3, 4 and 5 inch respectively rather than as one part with a spacing option. If a drawing calls out the knurled bar or one of the seven Emtek finishes, the Sabre is not a drop-in for it.

The Emtek 8408 is a cabinet edge pull in the Select line. For an appliance door, the Schaub 79-8 Steamworks 8 inch cabinet pull is built as an appliance pull, which is the part sized and specified for that use.

A knob is a single-point part and the Emtek 8408 is a two-hole edge pull with center-to-center spacings from 3-3/4 inch up to 12-1/4 inch, so it is not a hole-for-hole swap. If the door is being redrilled for knobs, Orca Hardware offers the Bachelor Collection round cabinet pull knob CK-15030 at 1-1/4 inch diameter, the round ring version CK-16030 at 1-1/4 inch diameter, and the Blackcomb Collection square knob CK-17025 at 25mm diameter.

The Emtek 8408 Select edge pull is brass throughout. For a steel part, the Orca Hardware CK-12001 is a T-pull bar in steel with a 2 inch bar width in satin nickel. The Emtek 8408 also comes in Satin Nickel (US15) along with Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Brass (US4) and Satin Copper (SCU), so a satin nickel run can mix the two without a finish break.

The Emtek 8408 edge pull runs out to 8-1/4, 10-1/4 and 12-1/4 inch center-to-center, which covers tall door and deep drawer runs without changing part. Among the face-mounted alternatives, the Schaub 79-8 Steamworks is an 8 inch cabinet pull and the Omnia 1968/102 is a 4 inch center-to-center pull, so the long spacings stay with the 8408 if the design wants one continuous look up the door.

The 8408 is a cabinet pull, and its longest spacings, 10-1/4 and 12-1/4 inches, are in appliance-panel territory if you are dressing a panel-front fridge or dishwasher to match the rest of the run. For a true appliance pull sold as such, the Schaub 79-8 Steamworks 8 inch is the one in that role. The deciding factor is the grip: an edge pull is gripped over the edge of the panel, so it works on a panel-front where the pull can wrap the edge, not on a bare appliance door face.

It's a pull, gripped across a bar spanning two mounting points, with the shortest spacing at 3-3/4 inches. On small upper doors or narrow drawers where a pull that wide looks out of scale, a single-hole knob is the cleaner answer. Orca Hardware's Bachelor Collection CK-15030 round knob and CK-16030 round ring knob are both 1-1/4 inch diameter, and the Blackcomb CK-17025 is a 25mm square knob. A knob is also a one-hole bore, so it is the simpler retrofit if you are working off a single existing hole.

No. The SDC SP50 is a 50mm spindle used in door controls, not a pull a hand grips. The Emtek 8408 is a brass cabinet edge pull. The two are unrelated parts and one does not replace the other.