Emtek Bristol Glass Cabinet Knob, Schaub Collection

Emtek classifies the Bristol as residential hardware. For single-family, condo, or higher-end multi-family kitchens and baths it is a fine choice. For heavy-traffic commercial millwork or an institutional facility where you are standardizing on something that takes abuse, a solid metal knob is the better call, such as the Deltana KRB175 round knob with groove, which is a heavy-duty solid brass knob at 1-3/4 inch diameter.

Yes, in almost every case. A cabinet knob mounts on a single hole through the door or drawer front, so there is no center-to-center spacing to match the way there is with a pull. Swap the old knob off and thread the Bristol on using the supplied screw. If you are replacing a two-hole pull, you will have holes to fill and patch, and a knob will not cover them.

Ten: Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4), French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19) and Polished Chrome (US26). Note that US3NL is unlacquered, so it will patina over time, while US3 Lifetime is coated to hold its shine. Pick one or the other for a whole kitchen, not both.

Yes, a mounting screw ships with each knob. Standard cabinet knob screws are 8-32 thread. If your doors or drawer fronts are thicker than typical, for example a thick slab front or a front with an applied panel, you may need a longer 8-32 screw than the one supplied.

The Bristol is a glass-style knob built on brass. Emtek lists the material and substrate as brass, with the glass making up the decorative body, and it belongs to Emtek's Glass and Porcelain collection. That brass base is what carries the threaded insert for the mounting screw, so the glass itself is not taking the load from the fastener.

The Bristol is a glass style knob, which reads traditional to transitional. For a contemporary kitchen, the Schaub 10040 Cafe Collection modern oval knob in solid brass, 1 inch diameter with 7/8 inch center to center, or the Schaub 10030 Cafe modern oval slot knob at the same 1 inch diameter, give you a cleaner profile. The Schaub 1200 Modo is a 16 mm knob in zinc and aluminum if you want something smaller and more minimal still.

The Bristol is part of Emtek's Glass and Porcelain theme, and the finish codes it uses are Emtek's standard US series, so Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Satin Nickel US15 or Flat Black US19 on the cabinets will line up with the same codes on Emtek knobsets and leversets. Matching the finish code is what gets you a consistent house package.

The Bristol tops out at 1-1/4 inch. If you need more visual weight on oversized drawers, the Schaub 131 Artifex round knob in Britannium is 1-1/2 inch diameter, and the Deltana KRB175 solid brass round knob with groove runs 1-3/4 inch. Neither is glass, so if the glass look is the point on the whole run, use the 1-1/4 inch Bristol on the large drawers and accept the scale.

Not on materials. The Bristol is built on a brass substrate, while the Schaub 1200 Modo is a 16 mm cabinet knob of zinc and aluminum construction. If a spec or a client sheet calls for solid brass hardware throughout, the 1200 will not satisfy it, and its 16 mm size is well under the Bristol's 1 inch and 1-1/4 inch options.

The Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob is a round knob from the 18-Mission Collection, which reads as craftsman rather than the glass and porcelain look the Bristol carries. The Orca CK-19032 Whistler cabinet knob is a second option from the same maker's 19-Whistler Collection if you want a different profile in that direction.

Both are Cafe Collection solid brass knobs at 1 inch diameter with 7/8 inch center to center, matching the Bristol's 1 inch size. The 10030 is the modern oval slot knob, so its face carries a slot detail; the 10040 is the plain modern oval. Either one keeps the brass construction the Bristol uses while changing the face from glass to metal.

The Bristol glass knob is classed as residential and is a decorative glass-style knob, which suits a finish-level kitchen more than a volume turn. For a straightforward fleet-standard knob, the Delaney solid brass cabinet knob is a plain solid brass round knob, and the Deltana KRB175 is a solid brass heavy-duty round knob if the cabinets take hard use.

Polished Nickel (US14) is SPC86394US14 in the 1 inch and SPC86395US14 in the 1-1/4 inch. The pattern holds across the line: 86394 is the 1 inch body and 86395 the 1-1/4 inch, with the finish code appended, so Satin Brass 1 inch is SPC86394US4 and Polished Chrome 1-1/4 inch is SPC86395US26.

Yes. The Bristol glass cabinet knob is part of the Schaub collection, so pairing it with a Schaub knob such as the 131 Artifex round knob at 1-1/2 inch diameter or the 10040 Cafe modern oval at 1 inch is a common approach - glass on the uppers, metal on the drawers. Confirm the finish names line up across the two, since the Bristol runs finishes such as Polished Nickel US14 and Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B.