Emtek Astoria Glass Cabinet Knob, Schaub Collection

Two sizes: 1-1/8 inch and 1-1/2 inch. The smaller one is the usual pick for upper doors and narrow drawer fronts, the 1-1/2 inch for wide drawers and pantry doors where a bigger grip reads better. Both sizes are offered in the same ten finishes, so you can mix sizes across a kitchen and keep one finish throughout.

Emtek rates the Astoria as residential. For an apartment kitchen, a model unit, or a single-family remodel it is the right kind of part. For heavy commercial or institutional cabinetry, go with a solid metal knob instead, such as the Deltana KRB175 round knob with groove, which is described as heavy-duty solid brass at 1-3/4 inch diameter.

It is a single-post cabinet knob, so it mounts with one hole and there is no center-to-center spacing to match. If your drawer fronts are already drilled for two holes, you need a pull instead. Schaub's Cafe Collection knobs, the 10030 and 10040, are 1 inch diameter with a 7/8 inch center to center if you specifically need a two-post knob.

The Schaub 10030 Cafe modern oval slot knob and the Schaub 10040 Cafe modern oval knob are both 1 inch diameter solid brass with 7/8 inch center to center, so they drill as two-hole parts. The Astoria glass knob ships with a mounting screw for single-hole mounting, so swapping between them changes the door boring.

Ten: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4), and French Antique (US7). Note Unlacquered Brass has no coating over it, so it will darken and patina with handling. Polished Brass Lifetime is the one to specify if you want brass that stays bright.

It is a glass knob built on brass. Emtek lists the material and substrate as brass, with glass as the style, so the decorative body is glass over a brass base and stem. That matters for the finish match: the visible metal is what carries the US finish code, so it will tone with other Emtek brass hardware in the same finish.

For a 1-1/2 inch metal knob, the Schaub 131 Artifex round knob in Britannium is the same diameter as the larger Astoria. If you want a smaller metal profile, the Schaub 1200 Modo is a 16 mm knob in zinc and aluminum. Orca's CK-18032 Mission and CK-19032 Whistler are round cabinet knobs as well, and Delaney offers a solid brass cabinet knob.

The Delaney solid brass cabinet knob and the Orca CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob are both straightforward metal knobs, the Orca part sitting in the Mission collection for a squarer craftsman profile, where the Astoria carries a glass style over its brass construction.

No. The Schaub 1200 Modo is a 16 mm knob built in zinc and aluminum, a much smaller and different-material part than the Astoria, which is brass with a glass style in 1-1/8 inch and 1-1/2 inch sizes.

The Astoria sits in Emtek's Glass and Porcelain collection, so it is intended to coordinate with the other glass and porcelain pieces in that group when you order the same US finish code on the metal. If you are matching to existing Emtek door hardware, work from the finish code (for example US15 Satin Nickel) rather than the finish name, since names vary between makers.

The Orca CK-19032 Whistler cabinet knob comes from the Whistler collection for a cleaner contemporary shape, and the Schaub 10040 Cafe modern oval knob is a 1 inch solid brass oval. Both read as modern metal profiles versus the Astoria's Glass and Porcelain styling.