Emtek Sandcast Bronze Egg Cabinet Knob, Schaub Collection

Three sizes of the Egg knob are offered: 1 inch, 1-1/4 inch, and 1-3/4 inch. All three come in each of the three finishes, so you can mix sizes on a run of cabinetry (smaller on upper doors, larger on drawer fronts) and keep the finish consistent. The 1-3/4 inch is the one people reach for on deep drawers where a 1 inch knob feels undersized in the hand.

A mounting screw is included with each Egg knob. Cabinet knobs take a standard 8-32 machine screw through a single bore in the door or drawer front, so there is no template and no second fastener to source. On unusually thick drawer fronts or on a slab with a thick applied panel, the supplied screw can come up short and a longer 8-32 screw is the fix.

A knob is a single-bore fastening and takes one hole, so it is the faster install and the easier retrofit when you are replacing existing knobs hole-for-hole. A pull needs two bores at a fixed center-to-center and has to match the existing spacing or you are filling and re-drilling the fronts. The Egg knob is a knob, single screw, no center-to-center to match. If your existing hardware is a pull and you want to stay in the same holes, look at a two-hole product instead, such as the Schaub 10030 Cafe Modern Oval Slot knob at 7/8 inch center to center.

No. The Schaub 131 Round Artifex Cabinet Knob is 1-1/2 inch, a diameter the Emtek Egg knob is not made in; the Egg comes in 1 inch, 1-1/4 inch, and 1-3/4 inch. If an exact diameter carryover matters across a cabinet run, the Artifex sits between two Egg sizes rather than matching either.

Flat Black Bronze (FB), Medium Bronze (MB), and Tumbled White Bronze (TWB) are the three finishes on the Egg knob. These are sandcast bronze finishes, meaning they are living finishes on solid metal rather than a plated coating, so tone varies slightly piece to piece and darkens with handling. Order all the knobs for one kitchen or one room together if you want them to read as a matched set.

Solid metal, not plated. The Egg knob is sandcast bronze through the body, and the substrate is bronze rather than a zinc or steel core with a finish sprayed over it. That is why the finishes wear rather than chip: there is no coating to flake off an edge that gets rubbed every day. For a property manager replacing knobs in a unit that gets heavy turnover, that is the practical difference between this and a die-cast knob.

The Egg knob is a residential-specification cabinet knob. For a hotel, a clubhouse casework run, or a healthcare millwork job where the spec calls for commercial-duty pulls, this is not the line to write into the submittal. It suits single-family, multi-family unit kitchens and baths, and residential-grade millwork.

Two Medium Bronze Egg knobs carry published manufacturer numbers: SPC86053MB for the 1-1/4 inch and SPC86217MB for the 1-3/4 inch. Quote those on a purchase order and the size is unambiguous. For the other finishes, specify the knob by size and finish code, FB for Flat Black Bronze or TWB for Tumbled White Bronze.

Several round alternatives sit in the same size range. The Deltana KRB175 is a solid brass round knob with a groove detail at 1-3/4 inch diameter, matching the largest Egg size. The Schaub 131 Artifex is a 1-1/2 inch round knob, which splits the difference between the Egg's 1-1/4 and 1-3/4 inch options. The Orca CK-18032 Mission is a round knob with a flatter, more craftsman face. The Egg's distinction is the sandcast bronze body and the egg profile rather than a turned round.

Schaub offers the 10040 1 inch Cafe Modern Oval Cabinet Knob with 7/8 inch center to center, and the 10030 1 inch Cafe Modern Oval Slot Cabinet Knob with the same 7/8 inch center to center. Both land at the same 1 inch size the Emtek Egg knob is offered in, with the 10030 carrying a slot detail the 10040 does not.

The Schaub 1200 Modo Cabinet Knob is 16 mm, which is smaller than the smallest Emtek Egg knob at 1 inch. Choose the Modo where a compact knob suits the drawer face and the Egg in 1, 1-1/4, or 1-3/4 inch where a larger cast bronze grip is wanted.

The Egg is built for that look. Sandcast bronze with a tumbled or flat black finish reads as hand-made rather than machined, which is the point of the style, and it sits alongside stained wood, shaker doors, and wrought iron lighting. If you want something cleaner-lined for a contemporary flat-panel kitchen, the Schaub 1200 Modo at 16 mm is a small modern knob, and the Schaub 10040 Cafe Modern Oval is a 1 inch modern profile.

Yes, on both. It is a single-bore knob, so it mounts the same way on a door stile as it does on a drawer front. The common approach is 1 inch or 1-1/4 inch knobs on upper and base doors and the 1-3/4 inch on wide or deep drawers so the hardware stays proportional to the front. All three sizes come in all three finishes, so scaling by front size costs you nothing in matching.

The Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission Round Cabinet Knob is a round cabinet knob from the 18-Mission Collection, and the Orca CK-19032 Whistler Cabinet Knob comes from the 19-Whistler Collection. The Emtek Egg knob is a cast bronze knob styled for a rustic look, so all three suit traditional cabinetry while differing in profile and collection.

The Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob is a solid brass cabinet knob alternative. The Emtek Egg is a bronze knob, so the difference is the base material and the sandcast bronze finish set of Flat Black Bronze, Medium Bronze, and Tumbled White Bronze.