Topic: Overmyer threaded glass drawer knobs

[ian.macky]

Greetings, Earthlings.  I finally did a small page on my very favorite Overmyer solid glass threaded drawer knobs.  If you're a glasshead, you will surely appreciate this seldom-seen style as it is 100% glass exposed: no visible metal fastener, no hole through it.  I love 'em!  Mine all came from eBay, found by scouring the old hardware categories for pictures as they are not known by name-- happily, hardly anyone wants them since they're not the usual thing and don't justs screw on like the rest, so they are cheap.  Installing these things is a commitment!  Hope you like them!

[Lustrousstone]

He wasn't the first though; Sowerby in the UK was making threaded glass knobs in 1885 (if not before), as shown in its catalogue. These pop up occasionally on UK flea markets

[obscurities]

Those knobs and handles are very cool looking......  In today's world I am surprised someone has not developed a knob like those with an LED implanted to light up the knobs while in the cabinets.....  Now those I would make a commitment to installing.

Thanks, Had never seen those before....

Craig

[aa]

These are very interesting.

no visible metal fastener, no hole through it.  

I've never been a fan of the hole through glass method, so mine developed in different direction

http://www.aaronsonnoon.com/work.php?navID=7&subID=5

[ian.macky]

He wasn't the first though; Sowerby in the UK was making threaded glass knobs in 1885 (if not before), as shown in its catalogue. These pop up occasionally on UK flea markets

Overmyer's patent was for the metal sleeve method of attachment, not for threaded glass knobs in general.  There is an earlier style in so-called "Sandwich Glass" that I see sometimes also (click on thumb for enlargement):

[ian.macky]

I've never been a fan of the hole through glass method, so mine developed in different direction
http://www.aaronsonnoon.com/work.php?navID=7&subID=5

Beautiful work, very nice; reminds of Martin Megna's a bit (his are generally square though).  But I like the all-glass front best, for the cleanest possible installation, just wood and glass.  Fortunately not everyone likes the same thing, what a boring world it would be otherwise...

[ian.macky]

Those knobs and handles are very cool looking......  In today's world I am surprised someone has not developed a knob like those with an LED implanted to light up the knobs while in the cabinets.....  Now those I would make a commitment to installing.

Oh I'm definitely thinking about this!   I'm going to be putting them on an old dresser of mine, and might give a try at mounting flat LEDs on the back of the stems that light up when the drawers are closed.   Who knows how it will look?  Might be gaudy and awfu, might be nicel.  Will have to find out.  I can light some up temporarily with battery powered LEDs and see how it looks.  Someday there will be a pic of this!  Hmm, maybe I should trial this with my kitchen cabinets and check it out.....    hmmmm!  Pic may be sooner rather than later.

[glassobsessed]

Some LEDs are able to display more than one colour....

You could build a little ring of LEDs and have them light up in sequence.

John.

[dirk.]

if you´ve got uranium green ones and intend to use them you could use blue LEDs...
they emit some UV.

[ian.macky]

Some LEDs are able to display more than one colour....

You could build a little ring of LEDs and have them light up in sequence.

There's only room for a single LED I think.  Don't want to make this too complicated, I'm a KISS kinda guy....

But those multi-colored LEDs behind the clear globes, hmm....