Schaub 994 1-1/4" Cantata Cabinet Knob

The knob measures 1-1/4 inches in diameter with a 3/8 inch base where it meets the door. That's a mid-size round knob, fine for doors and light to medium drawers. For a wide or heavy drawer, most spec writers pair a knob that size with a pull instead, or move to a larger diameter such as the Deltana KRB175 round knob at 1-3/4 inches.

The Schaub 994 Cantata knob is a solid brass cabinet knob at 1-1/4 inch diameter. The closest like-for-like in brass is the Delaney Solid Brass Cabinet Knob (DLY-43701x), also a solid brass cabinet knob. If you want a larger brass knob for oversized drawer fronts, the Deltana KRB175 is a heavy-duty round knob with a groove detail at 1-3/4 inch diameter, a half inch larger across than the Cantata. All three mount as knobs on a single hole, so the decision comes down to diameter and the look of the face rather than the boring.

Projection is 1 inch, so the knob sits an inch off the door face. That's enough finger clearance for a gripped pull, and it matters if the cabinet is in a tight walkway or beside an appliance door swing.

Solid brass. That's the substrate under every finish offered, so the knob has real mass in the hand and the threaded boss won't strip the way a die-cast zinc knob can after repeated removal.

Five: Dark Glaze (DG), Dark Italian Antique (DIA), Monticello Brass (MBR), Monticello Silver (MSL), and White Brass (WB). The two Monticello finishes and White Brass read as brighter metal tones; Dark Glaze and Dark Italian Antique are the darker, aged options for traditional and stained-wood kitchens.

The 994 is part of Schaub's Cantata collection within the Symphony Elegance style group, which is how Schaub keeps knobs and pulls matched across a single design. Specify the same finish code across every piece in the run so the plating batch and tone agree.

A 1-1/4 inch round knob is a one-hole install, so it's the simpler retrofit and the usual pick for upper doors and small drawers where there's no center-to-center to match. Pulls need two bored holes on a set spacing, which is why people stay with knobs when they're replacing existing knobs and don't want to patch the front. If you want a piece that can serve either way, Emtek's Schaub-collection lines such as the 8665 Select and Allerton are catalogued as knob/pull items.

The Schaub 994 belongs to the Cantata collection in the Symphony Elegance style, which is a decorative, detailed look. For a simpler face, the Orca Hardware CK-18032 Mission Round Cabinet Knob from the 18-Mission collection and the Orca CK-19032 Whistler Cabinet Knob from the 19-Whistler collection are both straightforward cabinet knobs with less ornamentation. All three serve the same cabinet knob function, so a swap on an existing single-hole cabinet door is a direct one.

The Schaub 994 Cantata is offered in Dark Glaze, Dark Italian Antique, Monticello Brass, Monticello Silver and White Brass, all metal finishes on a solid brass body. If the room calls for a glass face, the Emtek Astoria Glass Cabinet Knob is a glass cabinet knob/pull, and for a 1920s geometric look the Emtek Art Deco Cabinet Knob covers that ground. Both are knob-format parts, so they take the same single-hole cabinet door prep.