Schaub 552 Heathrow 1-3/4" T Cabinet Knob

Projection is 1 inch off the face of the door or drawer front, with a 3/4 inch base where it meets the surface. That 1 inch stand-off gives clear finger room behind the knob, which matters on drawers next to an adjacent wall or appliance panel where a deeper knob would catch.

Five finishes: Polished Chrome, Brushed Nickel, Matte Black, Polished Nickel, and Signature Satin Brass. If you are matching existing Schaub hardware in the same room, order from the Heathrow collection in the same finish code so the plating matches across knobs and pulls.

Solid brass is the base material, plated to the finish you select. For a rental turn or a high-traffic multi-family kitchen that matters, because a brass body will not crack at the threaded boss the way a zinc die-cast knob can when a screw is overdriven.

The Deltana KRB175 is the closest like-for-like, a heavy-duty solid brass round knob at the same 1-3/4 inch diameter but with a groove detail rather than the Heathrow's plain contemporary profile. Delaney also offers a solid brass cabinet knob. If you want to stay in the same design family, Emtek sells the Schaub Collection under its SELECT 8665 and Allerton lines.

Two Orca Hardware knobs cover that ground. The Orca CK-18032 is the Mission round cabinet knob from the 18-Mission Collection, and the Orca CK-19032 is the Whistler cabinet knob from the 19-Whistler Collection. Both are cabinet knobs by function, so they fill the same single-screw knob role as the Schaub 552 Heathrow, which is styled contemporary.

The Emtek Astoria Glass Cabinet Knob in the Schaub Collection is the glass-face option; it is catalogued as a cabinet knob/pull. The Schaub 552 Heathrow is solid brass throughout and offered in Polished Chrome, Brushed Nickel, Matte Black, Polished Nickel and Signature Satin Brass, so if you are standardizing a run of cabinets on one metal finish the 552 keeps that consistent.

Heathrow is a contemporary style knob, a clean round form with no period detailing. It works on flat-panel and slab fronts and reads fine on plain shaker doors. For a period or craftsman kitchen, something like the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round knob or the Emtek Art Deco and Astoria glass knobs from the Schaub Collection fit the look better.

Only if the total front thickness plus any washer leaves enough of the 8/32 screw to engage the knob. The supplied size is 8/32 x 1 inch, sized for a standard 3/4 inch front. On thicker or glass fronts, source a longer 8/32 machine screw to suit the actual thickness you are drilling.