Schaub 34 1-1/2" Square Glass Ice Cabinet Knob

The Schaub 34 knob mounts with an 8/32 machine screw, which is the standard cabinet knob thread, so it drops onto existing single-hole knob bores without redrilling. Only thing to watch is screw length: thicker doors or drawer fronts need a longer 8-32 screw than a thin panel.

It is a single-screw cabinet knob, so it takes one bore and works on doors and drawers alike. It is not a two-hole pull, so it will not cover an existing pull's center-to-center holes. If your drawers are already drilled for a pull, either fill and redrill for a single hole or choose a knob/pull option like the Emtek 8665 SELECT or Emtek Allerton, which are catalogued as knob/pull.

The Emtek Astoria glass cabinet knob is the nearest glass-bodied alternative. The Schaub 34 is a 1-1/2 inch square glass knob from the Ice collection built on a stainless steel and glass body, and the Astoria is likewise a glass cabinet knob. The Ice knob is offered in art-glass finishes such as Aqua Pearl, Sable Pebbles and White Lace Pebbles, so the choice between them comes down to whether the door wants a confetti or pebble art-glass face or the Astoria glass treatment.

The knob face is 1-1/2 inches across, which is a full-hand grip rather than a fingertip knob, so it pulls a loaded drawer or a tall pantry door without a problem. On small upper doors it reads as a deliberately large accent.

Construction is stainless steel with a glass face. The stainless base takes the mounting screw and the abuse, and the glass is the decorative element. It is a decorative contemporary knob, so for high-turnover units where knobs get dropped and chipped, a solid metal knob such as the Deltana KRB175 in solid brass is the tougher choice.

Twelve glass colorways: Orange Confetti, Turquoise Confetti and White/Grey Confetti; Green/Blue Pebbles, Sable Pebbles and White Lace Pebbles; Ivory Silk, Scarlet Silk and Sapphire Silk; and Aqua Pearl, Blue Pearl and Clear Pearl. The Confetti, Pebbles, Silk and Pearl groups are different glass treatments, not just different hues, so a Clear Pearl and a White Lace Pebbles read very differently even though both are pale.

Glass knobs like the Schaub 34 Ice are a decorative choice for residential kitchens, baths and millwork where the knob is part of the design. For MRO, multi-family turns and anything that gets cleaned hard, metal is the practical pick, such as the Deltana KRB175 heavy-duty solid brass round knob at 1-3/4 inch diameter, the Delaney solid brass cabinet knob, or the Orca CK-18032 Mission round knob.

The Emtek Astoria Glass Cabinet Knob, part of the Schaub collection, is the other glass knob to look at. If you like the maker but want metal, the Emtek Allerton and Emtek Art Deco cabinet knobs and the Emtek 8665 SELECT knobs are all in the same Schaub collection family, so they sit alongside the Ice knobs in the same design language.

The Deltana KRB175 is described as a heavy-duty solid brass round knob, which is the durability-first choice for hard-use cabinetry. The Schaub 34 pairs stainless steel with a glass face in art-glass colorways such as Orange Confetti, Turquoise Confetti and Scarlet Silk, which reads as a design feature in a kitchen or bath. Where a fleet of units needs one repeatable metal knob, the KRB175 at 1-3/4 inch or the Delaney solid brass cabinet knob keeps the whole run to a single metal finish.

The Schaub 34 Ice knob is a contemporary square glass design, so for period cabinetry the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob from the 18-Mission collection or the Emtek Art Deco cabinet knob are the styling matches. The Orca CK-18032 is a round Mission-style knob and the Emtek Art Deco knob comes from the Art Deco series. The Emtek Allerton cabinet knob is a further named-series option in that group.

The Schaub 34 takes an 8/32 thread, the standard cabinet knob screw size, so an 8/32 machine screw through the existing bore carries it. Peers such as the Orca Hardware CK-19032 Whistler cabinet knob and the Orca CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob are single-screw cabinet knobs of the same kind, so swapping between them is a matter of the screw length suiting the door or drawer front thickness rather than redrilling.

The Schaub 34 is a square glass knob measuring 1-1/2 inch across. If the cabinetry calls for a round face instead, the Deltana KRB175 round knob with groove at 1-3/4 inch diameter and the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob are the round-profile peers. The Orca CK-19032 Whistler is a further cabinet knob in the Whistler collection.