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

Twist Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

Unfinished
£5.00
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Solid ash twist cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view
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  • Solid ash twist cabinet knob in the Unfinished finish, front view
  • Solid ash twist cabinet knob, front view
  • Unfinished and Blue twist cabinet knobs beside the mounting hardware, on a grey background
  • Unfinished solid ash twist cabinet knob seen from the side, with the base visible behind it
  • Unfinished solid ash twist cabinet knob tilted to show the thickness of the block
  • Unfinished solid ash twist cabinet knob seen at an angle from above, showing the two pointed corners
  • Twist cabinet knob in the Blue finish seen from the side, with the base visible behind it
  • Twist cabinet knob in the Blue finish tilted to show the thickness of the block
  • Twist cabinet knob in the Blue finish seen at an angle from above, showing the carved hollow
  • Twist cabinet knob in the Blue finish on a white background, showing the carved hollow
  • Twist cabinet knob in the Blue finish seen from the front, showing the two pointed corners
  • Twist cabinet knob in the Blue finish seen at an angle, showing the twisted outline
  • Unfinished solid ash twist cabinet knob seen from the front, showing the carved hollow in the middle
  • Unfinished solid ash twist cabinet knob seen at an angle, showing the twisted outline
  • Back of an unfinished twist cabinet knob showing the base and the threaded metal insert, with a Blue knob and the mounting hardware behind
  • Dimensioned drawing of the twist cabinet knob: 44 mm wide, 44 mm high, 22 mm deep, 13 mm base
Twist Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

Twist Cabinet Knob, Solid Ash

£5.00

A carved twist 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 are rounded away, so the whole outline looks like it has been given a quarter turn. A small hollow is carved into the middle and curls in the same direction, which is the only thing on the face and the only thing it needs. Fit it with the points running corner to corner across a door and it stops looking like a square that went wrong and starts looking deliberate.
Product details

A carved twist cabinet knob in solid ash, 44 × 44 mm, with two pointed corners and a small hollow in the face. 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″), 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, 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 two points sit on a diagonal, so there are effectively two positions a quarter turn apart: pick one and use it on every door, because half the run pointing one way and half the other looks like a mistake rather than a pattern. 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 have to come out equal or the twist stops reading, so they are cut to the same radius and then checked against each other before the face is touched. The hollow in the middle is small and deep, which means it is worked with a gouge and finished by hand — it is the last thing done to the knob and the part that decides whether it is sold.
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 hollow in the centre is too small for a cloth to reach; a dry brush clears it. Unfinished knobs have no coating and darken with handling, first around that hollow, which is where the thumb sits.

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