Solid ash stepped octagon cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view

Stepped Octagon Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

Unfinished
£5.00
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Solid ash stepped octagon cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view
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  • Solid ash stepped octagon cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view
  • Solid ash stepped octagon cabinet knob, front view
  • Two stepped octagon cabinet knobs in solid ash beside the mounting hardware, on a grey background
  • Unfinished solid ash stepped octagon cabinet knob seen at an angle, with the base visible behind it
  • Stepped octagon cabinet knob in the Dark Gray finish seen at an angle, with the base visible behind it
  • Stepped octagon cabinet knob in the Dark Gray finish on a white background, showing the three tiers
  • Unfinished solid ash stepped octagon cabinet knob seen from the front, showing the three tiers cut into the face
  • Back of a stepped octagon cabinet knob showing the base and the threaded metal insert, with a second knob and the mounting hardware behind
  • Dimensioned drawing of the stepped octagon cabinet knob: 44 mm wide, 44 mm high, 22 mm deep, 13 mm base
Stepped Octagon Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

Stepped Octagon Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

£5.00

An octagonal cabinet knob cut in three tiers, 44 mm across, from a single block of solid ash. Sold individually, in twelve finishes.

A square block with its corners taken off, then two rings cut into the face — each one a smaller octagon stepping down to a flat panel in the middle. From straight on it reads as a target; from the side it is still only 22 mm deep, so nothing about it protrudes more than a plain knob would. It has more shadow on it than anything else in the range, which is what makes it work on a flat slab door where there is otherwise nothing to catch the eye.
Product details

An octagonal cabinet knob in solid ash, 44 × 44 mm, with two rings cut into the face in three tiers. 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″), octagonal, cut in three tiers
  • 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 four long sides parallel to the edges of the door.
  4. Finish with a quarter turn of a screwdriver — no more. Overtightening pulls the insert out of the wood.

Three concentric rings multiply any tilt — what looks like a small rotation on the outer edge is obvious by the time your eye reaches the middle. Sight it against the edge of the door before the screw grips. 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. Three tiers mean twenty-four short edges that all have to stay parallel to the one outside them; the steps are cut and then cleaned up by hand, because sanding across them rounds the corners and the whole shape goes soft. Each step catches the oil at a different angle to the grain, so on the coloured finishes the rings come out as three shades of the same colour rather than one flat tone.
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.

This is the knob that collects the most dust in the range — two square-cut rings hold it, and a cloth passes straight over them. Use a dry brush. Unfinished knobs have no coating and darken with handling.

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