Solid ash framed leaf cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view

Framed Leaf Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

Unfinished
£4.00
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Solid ash framed leaf cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view
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  • Solid ash framed leaf cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view
  • Solid ash framed leaf cabinet knob, front view
  • Unfinished solid ash framed leaf cabinet knob seen from the side, showing the groove and the base behind it
  • Unfinished solid ash framed leaf cabinet knob seen at an angle, showing the two pointed corners
  • Unfinished solid ash framed leaf cabinet knob seen from the front, showing the groove following the outline
  • Framed leaf cabinet knob in solid ash beside the mounting hardware, on a grey background
  • Dimensioned drawing of the framed leaf cabinet knob: 44 mm wide, 44 mm high, 22 mm deep, 13 mm base
Framed Leaf Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

Framed Leaf Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

£4.00

A framed leaf cabinet knob, 44 mm across, cut from a single block of solid ash. Sold individually, in twelve finishes.

Two opposite corners are drawn out to a point and the other two rounded away, then a narrow groove is cut just inside the edge, following the outline all the way round. The face stays flat; the groove is the only line on it, and it is what makes the shape read as drawn rather than simply cut. Deep enough to hold a shadow, shallow enough that a cloth still passes over it — the quietest way we know of putting a detail on a knob without adding bulk.
Product details

A leaf-shaped cabinet knob in solid ash, 44 × 44 mm, with a groove cut just inside the outline. Sold individually, in twelve finishes.

In the box: one knob with the threaded metal insert already fitted, and one M4 × 30 mm screw.
Dimensions and specifications
  • Wood: solid ash, cut from a single block, no glued joints
  • Face: 44 × 44 mm (1.7″ × 1.7″), flat, with a grooved outline
  • Total depth from the door: 22 mm (0.9″)
  • Base: 13 mm
  • Tolerance: ±1 mm
  • Mounting hole required: 4 mm
  • Fits door and drawer fronts up to 24 mm thick
  • Included: one M4 × 30 mm screw, threaded metal insert fitted in the knob
  • Weight: 30–40 g, depending on the piece of ash
  • Finish: ADLER Legno Dura-Öl, an oil-based finish — ten colours plus Oiled. Unfinished is bare sanded ash, with no coating at all
  • Sold individually
Mounting
  1. Check that your door already has a mounting hole. If not, drill a 4 mm hole through the front.
  2. Pass the M4 × 30 mm screw through the hole from the back of the door.
  3. Thread the screw into the metal insert in the knob and tighten by hand, with the two points on the diagonal you want.
  4. Finish with a quarter turn of a screwdriver — no more. Overtightening pulls the insert out of the wood.

The groove traces the outline, so it doubles any tilt — what the eye sees is two crooked lines instead of one. Set the points on the diagonal you want before the screw grips, and keep it the same across a run. If your door is thinner than 24 mm, the screw will stand proud inside the insert; that is normal and does not affect how the knob holds.
Materials & workshop

Wood: solid ash, single block. Hardware: threaded metal insert and M4 × 30 mm screw.

Eleven of the twelve finishes use ADLER Legno Dura-Öl, an Austrian oil-based finish. It leaves a matt, open-pored surface — the colour sits in the wood rather than on top of it, so a green knob still reads as ash and not as painted board — while resisting water and household chemicals the way a varnish would. The oil is certified to EN 71-3 for the migration of heavy metals, and to DIN 53160-1 and 53160-2 for saliva and perspiration resistance. The twelfth option, Unfinished, is bare sanded ash with no coating; it is the palest of the set and darkens with handling.

Cut, shaped, sanded and finished in our own workshop in Roman, Romania. A groove that follows the outline has to keep the same distance from the edge the whole way round, including through both points — that is the part a machine will not do cleanly, and it is finished by hand. The groove holds more oil than the flat, so on the coloured finishes it draws itself as a darker line around the face.
Care

Wipe with a dry or barely damp cloth. The oil finish resists water and household cleaners, so no special product is needed and none is recommended.

The groove is shallow, so a cloth reaches most of it; a dry brush clears the two points, where dust settles first. Unfinished knobs have no coating and darken with handling.

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