Schaub 882 1-3/8" Empire Square Cabinet Knob

Projection is 1-1/8 inches from the face of the door or drawer front. That is the number that matters if the cabinet sits next to a wall return, a tall appliance panel, or an inside corner where a door swings past its neighbor. The base that contacts the front measures 1 inch, and the knob itself is 1-3/8 inches across, so the head overhangs the footprint slightly on all sides.

The 882's base measures 1 inch where it lands on the door, with the 1-3/8 inch square head overhanging past that. Single-hole knobs all drill the same way, so the boring lines up, but a finish shadow or a dent from a previous knob only disappears if that ring sat under 1 inch across. Anything wider than that will still show. Refinishing a kitchen with painted or stained fronts, check one door before you commit to a full set.

The Schaub 882 is a square-face knob from the Empire collection with a 1-3/8 inch knob diameter and a transitional style. If the door fronts call for a round face instead, the Emtek 8665 Select cabinet knob is offered in the Schaub Collection, and the Emtek Allerton cabinet knob is also part of the Schaub Collection. Both of those are catalogued as cabinet knob/pull, so they cover knob duty while staying within the same design family as the 882.

The Schaub 882 is built on a zinc base material. When the specification calls for solid brass, the Delaney solid brass cabinet knob and the Deltana KRB175 round knob with groove, a heavy-duty solid brass knob at 1-3/4 inch diameter, are both solid brass cabinet knobs. Note the Deltana runs 1-3/4 inch across versus the 1-3/8 inch face of the 882, so the visual weight on the drawer front changes.

Ten finishes: Satin Nickel, Polished Nickel, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Ancient Bronze, Brushed Bronze, Empire Bronze, Matte Black, and Signature Satin Brass. Four distinct nickels is the useful part of that range for anyone matching existing hardware, since Satin, Brushed, Polished and Antique nickel read quite differently side by side. Order one and hold it against what's already on the run before you buy the rest of a kitchen.

The Empire 882 is die-cast zinc, which is the standard body material for cabinet knobs at this size and holds up fine to daily residential and light commercial use. Where zinc gives ground is in high-abuse settings and coastal or high-humidity environments, where plated zinc can pit sooner than solid brass. For a build-out where that's a concern, ZenSupply carries solid brass alternatives such as the Deltana KRB175 round knob with groove, a heavy-duty 1-3/4 inch solid brass knob.

At 1-3/8 inches across with a 1-1/8 inch projection, the Empire 882 gives a full hand a decent grip and works on drawers up to roughly medium width. On a wide, deep, heavily loaded drawer, a bank of pots or a file drawer, two knobs or a bar pull spreads the load and pulls squarer. Knobs also drill one hole instead of two, which is why they're the faster choice when you're replacing hardware and don't want to redrill fronts.

The Empire 882 is a square knob, 1-3/8 inches, in a transitional style, so it reads crisp against shaker or flat-panel fronts and pairs with square-edge appliance pulls. Square heads do show alignment: if a knob spins slightly loose, a square one telegraphs it and a round one hides it, so snug the screws properly. If the doors are traditional or the run is casual, a round profile is the safer look and ZenSupply carries the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round knob and CK-19032 Whistler knob in that shape.

The Schaub 882 is a 1-3/8 inch zinc-base cabinet knob mounted with an 8/32 one inch long screw, the standard cabinet screw thread. For openings where a heavier body is wanted, the Deltana KRB175 round knob with groove is described as heavy-duty solid brass at 1-3/4 inch diameter. The larger diameter also gives a bigger grip surface, which matters where gloved hands or frequent daily use are the norm.

All three are cabinet knobs, but they are different design programs. The Schaub 882 belongs to the Empire collection and is a transitional square knob with a zinc base and a 1-1/8 inch projection. The Emtek Art Deco cabinet knob is its own Art Deco series, and the Emtek Astoria glass cabinet knob is the Astoria series and is a glass knob rather than a metal one. Both Emtek knobs are Schaub Collection pieces catalogued as cabinet knob/pull, so they mount as knobs but read very differently on the face of the cabinet.

The Schaub 882 is a transitional square-face knob from the Empire collection. For a plainer program across many units, the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission round cabinet knob from the 18-Mission collection and the Orca Hardware CK-19032 Whistler cabinet knob from the 19-Whistler collection are both straightforward cabinet knobs, each anchoring its own collection so pulls and knobs can be matched from one line across a full renovation.

Both are single-hole cabinet knobs, so the bore pattern is the same one-hole prep. The difference is the face: the Schaub 882 measures 1-3/8 inch across with a 1 inch base, while the Deltana KRB175 is a 1-3/4 inch diameter round knob with a groove. Swapping to the KRB175 covers more of the drawer front, so check any adjacent knobs or edge clearances before mixing the two on the same run of cabinetry.

The 882 belongs to Schaub's Empire collection, which is where to stay if you want pulls and appendage hardware that carry the same square transitional detailing and finish names. Empire Bronze is one of the ten finishes offered on this knob and is specific to that collection, so a mixed order across collections in that finish is worth verifying against a sample. For designers working the Schaub look through Emtek, the Emtek SELECT 8665 cabinet knobs are catalogued under the Schaub collection as well.