Emtek Hampton Glass Cabinet Knob, Schaub Collection

The Hampton glass knob is classified residential. It is a good fit for single-family, condo, and higher-end multi-family unit interiors. For commercial casework or high-traffic institutional millwork, a solid metal knob is the safer specification, for example the Deltana KRB175 round knob with groove, which is described as heavy-duty solid brass at 1-3/4 inch diameter.

In most cases yes. The Hampton is a single-screw knob, so it lands on the same one hole your old knob used, and the screw is included. Standard cabinet knob bores are 3/16 inch or 5 mm and are shared across brands, so swapping a metal knob for the glass Hampton is normally a screwdriver job. The only thing to watch is footprint: if the old knob had a wide base that covered wear or finish shadow on the door, the Hampton base may not hide it.

The Deltana KRB175 round knob with groove is a heavy-duty solid brass knob at 1-3/4 inch diameter, matching the larger of the two Hampton sizes. The Hampton knob pairs a glass body with brass construction, so the KRB175 is the choice when you want the same diameter in solid metal without a glass element.

The Hampton glass knob's smaller size is 1-1/4 inch. Below that, the Schaub 10030 Cafe modern oval slot knob and the Schaub 10040 Cafe modern oval knob are both 1 inch diameter with 7/8 inch center to center in solid brass, and the Schaub 1200 Modo knob is 16 mm in zinc and aluminum construction. All three are cabinet knobs, so they serve the same opening with a smaller footprint.

Ten finishes, all with the standard US codes so you can match them to door hardware: 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). Unlacquered Brass is the one to note, it has no clear coat and will patina with handling; Polished Brass Lifetime keeps its shine.

Brass is the base material and substrate on the Hampton, with a glass body as the visible element. That matters for kitchens and baths where zinc-bodied knobs tend to pit under repeated cleaning. By contrast, the Schaub 1200 Modo knob is built from zinc and aluminum, and the Schaub 131 Artifex is Britannium.

The Hampton sits in Emtek's Glass and Porcelain collection, so the glass body is the point of it. If the design has to be all metal in a similar round profile, the Deltana KRB175 is a 1-3/4 inch solid brass round knob with a groove, which matches the Hampton's larger diameter. Orca Hardware's CK-18032 Mission and CK-19032 Whistler are other round cabinet knob options, and Delaney's solid brass cabinet knob line is a straightforward metal substitute.

Yes, and that is the usual reason people specify Emtek across a project. The Hampton cabinet knob is offered in Emtek's standard door hardware finish codes, US3, US3NL, US4, US7, US10B, US14, US15, US15A, US19, and US26, the same codes used on their knobsets and leversets. Order the cabinet knobs in the same US code as the passage and privacy sets and the finishes line up.

The Delaney solid brass cabinet knob is the direct like-for-like in plain brass. The Emtek Hampton is also a brass-construction cabinet knob, but its visual character comes from the glass and porcelain design family, while the Delaney knob is solid brass throughout.

For a craftsman or transitional look, the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob from the 18-Mission Collection and the Orca Hardware CK-19032 Whistler cabinet knob from the 19-Whistler Collection are both cabinet knobs in that vein. The Schaub 131 Artifex round knob in Britannium at 1-1/2 inch diameter is another option, sitting between the Hampton's 1-1/4 inch and 1-3/4 inch sizes.

Not really a like-for-like. The Schaub 10030 and 10040 Cafe knobs are solid brass, 1 inch diameter with a 7/8 inch center to center, so they are smaller and have two-point geometry rather than the Hampton's single-screw glass round in 1-1/4 or 1-3/4 inch. If you are matching an existing single bore at a larger diameter, stay with the Hampton sizes.

The Schaub 1200 Modo cabinet knob uses zinc and aluminum construction at 16 mm, rather than the brass material of the Emtek Hampton. It is the option when a full brass knob is more than the job calls for.