Emtek Bar Cabinet Knob, Schaub Collection

The Bar knob is a knob, not a pull: it mounts on one hole with the single included screw, so there is no center-to-center spacing to match. That makes it an easy retrofit into existing single-bore cabinet doors. If your fronts are already drilled for two holes, you need a pull with matching centers instead, for example the Schaub 10030 Cafe knob is listed at 7/8 inch center to center.

The Emtek Bar Cabinet Knob is a 2 inch knob. For a smaller face, the Schaub 1200 Modo is 16 mm in zinc and aluminum construction, the Schaub 10030 and 10040 Cafe knobs are 1 inch diameter in solid brass, the Schaub 131 Artifex is 1-1/2 inch in Britannium, and the Deltana KRB175 is 1-3/4 inch solid brass.

The Emtek Bar Cabinet Knob is a brass cabinet knob in a contemporary style, offered at 2 inches. The Schaub 10040 Cafe Collection Modern Oval Cabinet Knob is also solid brass and modern in form, at 1 inch diameter with 7/8 inch center to center, so it reads smaller and oval rather than a straight bar. The Schaub 10030 Cafe Modern Oval Slot Cabinet Knob is the same 1 inch diameter and 7/8 inch center to center with a slot detail in the face. Both are brass like the Emtek, so finish families and wear behavior are comparable, but neither gives you the 2 inch bar profile.

The Emtek Bar Cabinet Knob is a bar-form brass knob. For a round profile in brass, the Deltana KRB175 is a round knob with a groove detail, heavy-duty, 1-3/4 inch diameter in solid brass. The Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob is another solid brass round-knob option. The Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission Round Cabinet Knob is a round cabinet knob in the Mission collection if you want a traditional face rather than contemporary.

The Emtek Bar Cabinet Knob ships with a mounting screw and installs on a single bore. The Schaub 10030 and Schaub 10040 Cafe knobs are both listed with a 7/8 inch center to center, meaning they take two bores, so swapping one of those onto an existing single-hole door leaves a second hole to fill. The Deltana KRB175 round knob and the Orca CK-19032 Whistler cabinet knob are knob-form parts in the same replacement conversation if you are staying with a knob footprint.

Seven finishes across the Bar cabinet knob: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), and Satin Brass (US4). Unlacquered brass is the one that will patina over time rather than hold its as-shipped look, so if you are matching a fleet of cabinets and want them to stay uniform, pick one of the plated or coated finishes instead.

A mounting screw is included with each Bar cabinet knob, so no separate fastener order is needed for standard cabinet door or drawer front thicknesses. If you are mounting to unusually thick fronts or through a backplate, you would need a longer machine screw sourced separately.

Emtek classifies the Bar cabinet knob as residential. For multi-family unit turns, model kitchens, and hospitality casework it is a normal choice, but for heavy institutional casework you would want a knob a manufacturer calls out as heavy-duty, such as the Deltana KRB175 solid brass round knob.

They are not material equivalents. The Emtek Bar Cabinet Knob is brass through the substrate. The Schaub 1200 Modo is a 16 mm cabinet knob built of zinc and aluminum. If your spec calls for solid brass, or you are matching brass knobs already on adjacent cabinetry, the 1200 is a different construction and a much smaller face than the 2 inch Emtek.

The Emtek Bar Cabinet Knob is brass and offered in finishes including Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B) and Flat Black (US19). If you want a different base metal rather than a finish on brass, the Schaub 131 Artifex Round Cabinet Knob is supplied in Britannium at 1-1/2 inch diameter, which gives a pewter-toned round knob rather than a finished brass bar.

The Emtek Bar Cabinet Knob is a residential-grade brass cabinet knob. If you want a knob that is expressly called out as heavy-duty, the Deltana KRB175 is described as a heavy-duty round knob with groove in solid brass at 1-3/4 inch diameter, so it is the one to look at for high-turnover units where you are standardizing on one knob across many doors.

Emtek publishes the Bar knob under the SPC86357 base number with the finish code appended: SPC86357US10B in Oil Rubbed Bronze, SPC86357US15 in Satin Nickel, SPC86357US19 in Flat Black, SPC86357US26 in Polished Chrome, and SPC86357US4 in Satin Brass.

Its styling is contemporary, a straight bar form, so it reads modern next to shaker or slab fronts. For a traditional or craftsman kitchen, a round or mission profile fits better, such as the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob or the Orca CK-19032 Whistler.

The Emtek Bar Cabinet Knob is a brass knob in a contemporary bar form. The Orca CK-18032 is the Mission Round Cabinet Knob from the 18-Mission Collection, a round face with a Mission design vocabulary, and the Orca CK-19032 is the Whistler Cabinet Knob from the 19-Whistler Collection. All three are cabinet knobs, so they serve the same function on the door; the choice is which design family matches the rest of the cabinetry.