New Hardware Kits for More Possibilities and Lower Costs for Leather Handles and Pulls

Chicago screws are getting expensive, fast! To help our customers adapt to the times, we're offering new installation hardware options to go with our leather handles and pulls. These options lower hardware costs, increase customization possibilities, and decrease waste.

Close-up of a honey leather handle with brass hardware, titled Chicago Screw With Washer

Close-up of a honey leather handle with brass hardware, titled Chicago Screw No Washer

Close-up of a honey leather handle with brass hardware, titled Wood Screw Kit shown in brass

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"No Hardware" Option New Wood Screw Kit for Direct Installations

"No Hardware" Option

St. Johns leather tab pull with no hardware in honey color

St. Johns leather tab pull with no hardware in dark brown color

St. Johns leather tab pull with no hardware in black color

The new "No Hardware" option is available for all our leather handles and pulls. This means the product only includes the leather handle, not the hardware kit used to install the handle to the wall / door / cabinet / drawer.

The "No Hardware" option is a jumping-off point for many possibilities:

DIY your own hardware from another vendor or store:
- This is a good option for customers who feel comfortable choosing their own hardware at the store and may allow them to save costs.
- Customers can also find metal finishes not available on our site, such as Antique Brass or Copper.
Swap out our standard hardware kit with a different Drawer Pull Hardware Kit we offer, purchased separately.
- Omit or add washers (learn more)
- Replace with the new wood screw kit
- Mix and match metal finishes (learn more)

Customer-provided kits will also lower the carbon footprint of these handles and decrease wastes:

Hardware is heavy for shipping, requiring more fuel during transit and increasing postage costs
Customers can be more efficient by picking the perfect hardware to fit their project. Our standard hardware kits come with four different back screws to meet a variety of customer needs. But customers only typically need one back screw (if they knew the right one to use). Although we offer re-use if customers ship the excess back to us, this adds another trip through the mail.

DISCLAIMER: Use your own hardware at your own risk and on your own time. Walnut Studiolo's customer service and free design advice is not available to help customers source other hardware elsewhere.

NOTE: Some of our designs incorporate some hardware in their connection points. This hardware is included in the purchase, for a fully assembled handle. For these handles you'll still need to specify which metal finish (Black, Brass, Nickel):

The Tilikum uses rivets to hold together the two layers of leather
The Sellwood uses a wood screw kit to attach the leather pieces to the wood piece
The Burnside uses a rivet and a clip and D-ring

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New Wood Screw Kit for Direct Installations

Our new Wood Screw kit offers more installation options for all our handles. Unlike our standard Chicago Screw assembly, the pointy-ended wood screw drills directly into the surface, relying on the point and the threads to "bite" into the surface sufficiently to stay in place. It can be installed in places where you cannot reach the backside of the surface. This is a "one-way" installation.

Unlike the wood screws, our standard Chicago screw assembly requires installers to drill clean through the surface and be able to reach around the backside to thread the two pieces together. The Chicago Screw provides the strongest connection, but it is expensive and specialty hardware.

They are available in our 3 standard metal finishes: Black, Brass, and Nickel as option in the Drawer Pull Hardware kit listing.

Matching pointy wood screw and cup washer in nickel metal finish on a white background

Matching pointy wood screw and cup washer in brass metal finish on a white background

Matching pointy wood screw and cup washer in black metal finish on a white background

To order wood screw kits for your handles:

Choose the "No Hardware" option on the pull / handle listing and add to cart
Go to the Drawer Pull Hardware kit listing and add the number of wood screw kits you need. Each handle is listed in the description with how many kits you need (for example, 2 for each Sellwood/Tilikum/Flanders and 4 for each Morrison).

DISCLAIMER: These wood screw kits are recommended for "light duty" to "medium duty" applications, not heavy drawers.

Two wood blocks with a leather handle secured to the top using wood screws, with a review from a happy customer on Etsy

For his DIY door stops, this customer on Etsy purchased two extra-long Flanders leather handle from us custom, with four Wood Screw Kits to install by drilling directly into the wood.

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