Solid ash petal cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view

Petal Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

Unfinished
£5.00
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Solid ash petal cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view
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  • Solid ash petal cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view
  • Solid ash petal cabinet knob, front view
  • Back of an unfinished petal cabinet knob showing the base and the threaded metal insert, with a Dark Gray knob and the mounting hardware behind
  • Unfinished solid ash petal cabinet knob seen at an angle, with the base visible behind it
  • Petal cabinet knob in the Dark Gray finish seen at an angle, with the base visible behind it
  • Petal cabinet knob in the Dark Gray finish on a white background, showing the carved groove
  • Unfinished solid ash petal cabinet knob seen from the front, showing the domed centre and the carved groove
  • Unfinished and Dark Gray petal cabinet knobs beside the mounting hardware, on a grey background
  • Dimensioned drawing of the petal cabinet knob: 60 mm wide, 40 mm high, 22 mm deep, 13 mm base
Petal Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

Petal Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

£5.00

A carved petal cabinet knob, 60 mm wide, cut from a single block of solid ash. Sold individually, in twelve finishes.

A domed centre sits inside a deep groove that runs out to a point at each side, so the face reads as a single petal laid over a rounded body. It is carved rather than routed, which means the groove changes depth as it goes — deepest at the points, shallow where it passes the dome — and that is what catches the light from across a room. Wider than it is tall, it sits well on a drawer front; the two points make it obvious when it is level.
Product details

A carved petal cabinet knob in solid ash, 60 × 40 mm, with a domed centre inside a deep groove. 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: 60 × 40 mm (2.4″ × 1.6″), carved
  • 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, holding the two points level.
  4. Finish with a quarter turn of a screwdriver — no more. Overtightening pulls the insert out of the wood.

The two points act like a spirit level: any tilt shows immediately, so set the knob before the screw grips. At 60 mm wide, check the clearance to the edge of a narrow drawer before you drill. 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. The two points are the difficult part: the groove has to close cleanly at each end without the wood breaking out, which is why they are finished by hand rather than by machine. Because the cut runs through both face grain and end grain, the groove takes the oil unevenly — darker at the points, paler across the dome — and that shading is the shape reading itself out.
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 deep enough that a cloth skips over it; a dry brush clears it properly. Unfinished knobs have no coating and darken with handling, first on the dome, which is where the thumb lands.

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