Schaub 261 1-7/8" French Farm Oval Cabinet Knob

In most cases yes. The 261 is a single screw knob using an 8-32 thread, the same thread nearly all cabinet knobs use, so it drops onto an existing single knob bore with no new drilling. What it will not do is cover a two hole pull layout, since it mounts on one hole only.

The base material is zinc, not brass. For a kitchen or bath knob that is a normal choice, and the finish is applied over the zinc casting. If a project spec calls out solid brass specifically, look at the Deltana KRB175 Round Knob, a heavy duty solid brass knob at 1-3/4 inch diameter, or the Delaney solid brass cabinet knob.

The Schaub 261 French Farm knob has a zinc base material. If a solid brass body is the requirement, the Deltana KRB175 is a round knob with a groove in solid brass at 1-3/4 inch diameter, and the Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob is another solid brass option. Both are round profiles rather than the oval shape of the 261, so the look on the door face changes even though the function is the same cabinet knob.

Knob diameter is 1-7/8 inches with a 1 inch projection off the face of the door or drawer, and the base measures 5/8 inch. At 1-7/8 inches it is a large knob, big enough to grip with a full hand, which suits tall pantry doors and heavy drawers better than a small 1 inch knob does.

It projects 1 inch from the face, so allow at least that much clearance to any adjacent wall, appliance panel, or return corner before the knob is struck when the door swings. On inset doors the projection is measured off the door face as installed, so the knob sits 1 inch proud of the frame face too.

Three finishes: Ancient Bronze (ABZ), Antique Nickel (AN), and Empire Bronze (EBZ). All three are warm, aged tones that read traditional rather than contemporary, which matches the French Farm collection's styling. If you are standardizing a kitchen or a multi-unit build, order the whole run in one finish code at once, since aged finishes vary batch to batch.

French Farm is Schaub's traditional collection, and the 261 is the oval knob in it, so it lands squarely in farmhouse and traditional cabinetry. If the look you want is closer to Craftsman or lodge, the Orca CK-18032 Mission round knob fits that better. For deco or period glass, Emtek's Schaub Collection offers the Art Deco cabinet knob and the Astoria glass cabinet knob.

The Schaub 261 measures 1-7/8 inch across the knob. The Deltana KRB175 is a 1-3/4 inch diameter round knob, so it takes slightly less face width. The Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round knob and CK-19032 Whistler knob are also cabinet knobs worth looking at when the 261 oval is wider than the stile allows.

Within the Schaub Collection offered under Emtek, the Allerton cabinet knob and the Astoria glass cabinet knob are alternate period-leaning series, and the Art Deco cabinet knob is a more geometric option. All three are cabinet knob/pull function like the 261, so the mounting role is the same while the decorative profile differs from the 1-7/8 inch French Farm oval.

The Schaub 261 uses an 8/32 by 1 inch machine screw, which is the standard cabinet knob thread, so a single-hole bore is what both are designed around. The Deltana KRB175 is a heavy-duty round knob in solid brass at 1-3/4 inch diameter; confirm its screw length against your door and drawer front thickness before swapping, since a 1-7/8 inch oval and a 1-3/4 inch round will also leave different footprints on the face.

The Emtek Astoria Glass Cabinet Knob in the Schaub Collection is the glass option; it is a cabinet knob/pull. The Schaub 261 is a zinc-base knob offered in Ancient Bronze, Antique Nickel, and Empire Bronze, so if a glass body is what the design calls for, the Astoria is the one to look at rather than a different finish of the 261.

Either works. The 261 is a cabinet knob and at 1-7/8 inches across it gives enough grip for wide drawers where a small knob would feel undersized. Many traditional kitchens run knobs on the upper doors and pulls on the lower drawers; if you want one part number across the whole run, this diameter handles both.