Schaub 650 1" Fair Isle Imperial Shell Cabinet Knob

For a high-turnover multi-family or hospitality install, a shell inlay knob is the wrong call. The mother of pearl inlay is a natural decorative surface on a 1-1/8 inch knob, meant for millwork and high-end residential cabinetry. For an MRO-grade replacement program, a plain solid brass knob holds up better to abuse and replaces like for like: the Deltana KRB175 is a heavy-duty solid brass round knob at 1-3/4 inch diameter, and the Delaney solid brass cabinet knob is the simpler option.

They are related but not the same part. The Schaub 650 is a Fair Isle collection knob in the Symphony Inlays style with an Imperial Shell face. Emtek sells cabinet knobs under a Schaub Collection banner as well, including the Emtek 8665 in the Emtek SELECT series, the Emtek Allerton knob, the Emtek Art Deco knob, and the Emtek Astoria Glass knob. Those are separate series with their own part numbers, so ordering an Emtek Schaub Collection knob will not get you a Fair Isle Imperial Shell face. If you are matching an existing Fair Isle installation, order the Schaub 650 by part number.

The Schaub 650 is a solid brass knob with an Imperial Shell inlay in the Symphony Inlays style, 1-1/8 inch in diameter. If you want the solid brass body without the decorative inlay face, the Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob (DLY-43701x) is a solid brass cabinet knob in Delaney's Cabinet Knobs series, and the Deltana KRB175 is a solid brass round knob with a groove detail in a 1-3/4 inch diameter. The Deltana is a noticeably larger knob face than the Schaub 650, so on a run of small drawer fronts the proportions will read differently.

Projection is 1 inch off the face of the door, on a 1-1/8 inch diameter knob head sitting on a 1/2 inch base. In a tight galley or a hallway of built-ins where sleeves and bags catch on hardware, that 1 inch is what you are checking against the opposite run.

Solid brass body with an Imperial Shell inlay, white mother of pearl, in an Aged Dover finish. The shell is a natural material, so the inlay varies piece to piece in figure and tone. That is inherent to shell inlay, not a defect, and it means a knob ordered later to fill in a run will not be an exact twin of the first ones.

Aged Dover is the only finish for the 650 Fair Isle, so there is no finish decision to make on the order. If you need the whole kitchen to match, everything has to come from the Fair Isle collection in Aged Dover, or from another Schaub Symphony Inlays line in the same finish.

Skip the Fair Isle if you want plain metal. The 650's whole point is the shell inlay face. For a clean round knob, the Deltana KRB175 is a heavy-duty solid brass round knob with a groove at 1-3/4 inch diameter, the Orca CK-18032 Mission is a round knob in a squarer Mission look, and the Orca CK-19032 Whistler is another plain-face option.

The knob head measures 1-1/8 inches in diameter. The 1 inch figure in the model description is the projection, how far it stands off the cabinet face, and the 1/2 inch figure is the base. If you are matching an existing run of 1 inch knobs, this one reads slightly larger on the face.

The Schaub 650 carries an Imperial Shell inlay face, which is a decorative surface rather than an all-metal one, so for heavy repeat use a plain metal knob is the easier fleet item. The Deltana KRB175 is described as a heavy-duty solid brass round knob at 1-3/4 inch diameter, and the Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob is an all solid brass knob. Both give you a uniform metal face across a large unit count. Keep the Schaub 650 for model units or millwork where the shell inlay is the point.

The Schaub 650 is a 1-1/8 inch round knob with a 1 inch projection and a 1/2 inch base. For a plainer round knob, Orca Hardware offers the CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob from the 18-Mission Collection and the CK-19032 Whistler cabinet knob from the 19-Whistler Collection, both cabinet knobs. The Deltana KRB175 is a round knob with a groove at 1-3/4 inch diameter, which is a larger face than the Schaub 650.

Both are decorative-face knobs but the material is different. The Schaub 650 has an Imperial Shell face in white mother of pearl on a solid brass body, in the Fair Isle collection. The Emtek Astoria Glass Cabinet Knob is a glass-faced knob in the Astoria series. If the design intent is the pearlescent shell look, glass will not read the same way on the door; if you only need a light, non-metal face, the Astoria is the glass equivalent.

The Schaub 650 uses an 8/32 by 1 inch machine screw, which is the standard cabinet knob thread, so existing 8/32 holes in the door and drawer fronts carry over. The Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob, Deltana KRB175, Orca CK-18032 Mission and Orca CK-19032 Whistler are all cabinet knobs of the same general type, mounted through the front with a single center screw. Confirm the screw length against your door or drawer front thickness before you commit the order, since a thicker front may need a longer screw than the one packed with the knob.

Yes on both, within reason. It is a single-hole round knob, 1-1/8 inch across with a 1 inch projection, so it mounts identically on a door stile or a drawer front. On wide or heavy drawers, most cabinet specs move to a pull rather than a single knob for grip, so plan the knob for doors and narrow drawers and pair it with a pull elsewhere in the run.

The Schaub 650 is a cabinet knob. The Emtek Schaub Collection items are listed with a cabinet knob and pull function, including the Emtek 8665 SELECT, the Emtek Allerton, the Emtek Art Deco and the Emtek Astoria Glass. The Orca CK-18032 Mission and Orca CK-19032 Whistler are cabinet knob function. If your drawing calls for a single hardware item to serve both knob and pull positions, the Emtek Schaub Collection pieces are the ones described that way.

The Schaub 650 Fair Isle knob is offered in Aged Dover (AD) over its solid brass body. If Aged Dover does not tie into the rest of the package, the plainer solid brass knobs are the ones to price against: the Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob and the Deltana KRB175 solid brass round knob with groove. Orca's CK-18032 Mission and CK-19032 Whistler are the styled alternatives if you want a different profile rather than a different finish family.