Door Hardware - Door Pulls

Door Pulls in Door Hardware: Bigger Than a Cabinet Pull

Door hardware door pulls cover something bigger than the drawer-front hardware the term often brings to mind: these are grips built for entry, patio, and sliding doors, not cabinet fronts. Rocky Mountain Hardware's lineup here spans a compact 5 3/16 inch sliding door grip up to a 50 inch grip for oversized openings, with named profiles like Luna, Ellis, Lariat, and Six Shooter along the way. If it's 3 inch hardware pulls or 3 inch cabinet door pulls for drawer fronts you're after, that's a separate, smaller category of knobs and pulls elsewhere in the store.

How a door grip differs from a cabinet pull

A cabinet pull mounts with two screws set a few inches apart and gets handled with a couple of fingers. A door grip is a heavier fixture meant to be gripped with a full hand, built to hold up against daily use on an entry or patio door. Shapes range from rounded profiles like Luna and Ellis to straighter, more architectural options like the Organic Square grip, and from short single-hand pulls to the 50 inch Lash grip built for a wide slider.

Sizing a grip to the opening

Length is the main variable. A grip near 6 to 9 inches suits a single-hand pull on a lighter door, while anything past 24 inches, like the Lariat 40 inch or the Six Shooter at 17 3/4 inches, is built for a wider entry or a two-hand pull on a heavier slab. Projection off the door face matters as well: a low-projection grip sits closer to the surface, which helps where a door swings near a wall or cabinet run.

Material consistency across a project

Most grips here use solid cast bronze, heavier than the stamped metal used in many standard pulls, and finished in Rocky Mountain's bronze patina family. Ordering every door grip on a project from the same line keeps the tone consistent from the front entry through to the patio slider, since bronze finishes can vary slightly between manufacturers.