Emtek Carbon Fiber Cabinet Bin Pull - Black, Schaub Collection

It is residential hardware. Emtek lists the Carbon Fiber cabinet bin pull as residential, so for a high-traffic commercial casework package, an institutional break room, or common-area millwork in an apartment building, spec something built for that duty instead. For owner units, model homes, and single-family kitchens and baths, it is in the right class.

The Emtek Carbon Fiber cabinet pull is a bin pull offered in 3 inch and 4 inch center-to-center spacings. For a 4 inch center-to-center drawer pull in forged solid brass, the Omnia 1968/102 is a modern cabinet pull built at that same 4 inch spacing, so it drops onto drawer fronts already bored on 4 inch centers. The Trimco 562 series drawer pulls also cover 4 inch centers, along with 3-1/2 inch and 96mm options, which is useful if a run of casework mixes hole patterns. The Emtek is a bin pull, a cupped shape gripped from underneath, while the Omnia 1968/102 and Trimco 562 are bar-style drawer pulls.

The Emtek Carbon Fiber cabinet pull is made in a 3 inch center-to-center size in Satin Nickel (US15) and Polished Chrome (US26). The Trimco 553 series drawer pull is built at 3 inch center-to-center and matches that hole spacing directly. The Deltana SBP35 is a modern square bar pull at 3-1/2 inch in solid brass, which is a half inch wider on centers and would require re-boring a drawer front drilled for 3 inch. Where the existing holes are the constraint, the Trimco 553 keeps them; the Deltana SBP35 does not.

The Emtek Carbon Fiber part is a surface mount bin pull with two mounting centers, 3 inch or 4 inch. Several cabinet pulls that show up alongside it are a different part entirely. The Schaub 10010, 10011 and 10012 Sabre pulls are edge pulls, mounted at the edge of a door or drawer rather than on the face, at 3 inch, 4 inch and 5 inch center-to-center respectively. The Schaub 79-8 Steamworks 8 inch pull is an appliance pull, sized for a refrigerator or panel front rather than a drawer. The Orca CK-15030 and CK-16030 Bachelor Collection parts and the CK-17025 Blackcomb square part are cabinet knobs, single-hole, not two-hole pulls. None of these will land on a drawer front bored for a 3 inch or 4 inch bin pull.

At 3 inch centers, ZenSupply carries the Trimco 553 Series drawer pull and the Schaub 10010 Sabre edge pull in solid brass, alongside the 3 inch Emtek Carbon Fiber bin pull. The Schaub 10010 is an edge pull, so it mounts differently from a drawer-face pull; use it where the pull has to sit on the edge of a slab front rather than on the face. Trimco 553 is the closer face-mounted substitute on the same bore.

Satin Nickel (US15) and Polished Chrome (US26), and both are offered in each of the 3 inch and 4 inch center-to-center spacings. If you are matching a kitchen that already runs brushed nickel hardware, US15 is the satin option; US26 is the bright chrome. The carbon fiber element is black, so either finish reads as a two-tone pull rather than a single-color one.

Surface mount, through two screws from the back of the drawer front. A bin pull like the Emtek Carbon Fiber is a cup-shaped pull, so your fingers enter from underneath; that means it wants to sit with the open side down and it is typically set on drawer fronts rather than on doors. No recessing or routing is required, just the two holes at 3 inch or 4 inch centers.

Bin pulls and bar pulls do the same job with different ergonomics. The Emtek Carbon Fiber is a bin pull, a cup you reach up into, which keeps the profile close to the face and suits drawer fronts in a contemporary or transitional kitchen. A bar pull projects out and gives a full-hand grip, which matters on deep pan drawers and on doors, where a cup pull is awkward. If you want a bar instead, ZenSupply carries the Deltana SBP35 modern square bar pull at 3-1/2 inch and the Orca Hardware CK-12001 T-pull bar with a 2 inch bar width.

No. A bin pull that size is drawer and cabinet hardware, and appliance panels need a long pull sized to the door and mounted to take the weight of a swinging appliance front. For that, the Schaub 79-8 Steamworks 8 inch cabinet pull is catalogued as an appliance pull. Keep the Emtek Carbon Fiber bin pull on drawer fronts.

The Emtek Carbon Fiber cabinet pull is a two-hole bin pull at 3 inch or 4 inch centers, so each drawer front takes two bores at a fixed spacing. A single-hole knob removes the spacing question entirely. The Orca CK-15030 Bachelor Collection round cabinet knob is 1-1/4 inch diameter, the CK-16030 is the round ring version at the same 1-1/4 inch diameter, and the CK-17025 Blackcomb is a square cabinet knob at 25mm diameter. Because a knob uses one hole, it will not cover the two existing bores left by a bin pull, so a knob suits new fronts or fronts being filled and refinished rather than a straight swap.

The Emtek Carbon Fiber cabinet pull is classified as residential and made of brass. The Deltana SBP35 modern square bar pull is described as heavy-duty solid brass at 3-1/2 inch, which is the description a property manager or MRO buyer looks for when standardizing drawer hardware across units or a shared facility. Note the spacing difference: the Deltana SBP35 is 3-1/2 inch, while the Emtek is offered at 3 inch and 4 inch centers, so a change of hardware here is also a change of hole pattern.

The Emtek Carbon Fiber cabinet pull is made in Satin Nickel (US15) in both the 3 inch and 4 inch center-to-center sizes. The Orca CK-12001 T-pull bar is a satin nickel part with a 2 inch bar width, built in steel rather than brass. Substrate is the thing to check when mixing brands in one room: the Emtek pull is brass, and a steel part in the same nominal finish can read slightly differently under kitchen lighting, so it is worth setting them side by side before committing a full run.

Brass substrate with a carbon fiber insert, which is where the black comes from. The brass body is what takes the screw load and carries the plated finish; the carbon fiber is the visible decorative face. Solid brass means it will not flex or crack the way a zinc die-cast pull can after repeated hard pulls on a heavy drawer.

That is the usual way it is done, since a cup-style bin pull works poorly on a door. Keep the bin pull on drawer fronts and run knobs on the doors. For round knobs, ZenSupply has the Orca Hardware Bachelor Collection CK-15030 at 1-1/4 inch diameter and the CK-16030 round ring version at the same 1-1/4 inch, or the Blackcomb CK-17025 square knob at 25mm if you want a squared profile against the contemporary pull.

The Emtek Carbon Fiber cabinet pull carries a contemporary theme. Among comparable cabinet pulls with modern styling, the Omnia 1968/102 at 4 inch center-to-center, the Omnia 1969 and Omnia 1971 at 1-3/16 inch projection, and the Omnia 1970 at 1-1/4 inch projection are all modern cabinet pulls in forged solid brass, and the Deltana SBP35 is a modern square bar pull in solid brass at 3-1/2 inch. The Omnia parts sit in four separate series, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971 cabinet pulls, which is worth noting for a distributor ordering against a specific series number rather than a look.

Purely mechanical. The Carbon Fiber bin pull is a non-electronic cabinet pull, two screws through the drawer front and done, with no wiring, no power, and no smart component to fail.