Then, we realized there could be more to stone than the shape it came in and started creating new item, like knives and other tools for working. Somewhere along the way someone also figured out the correct rocks to click together to start a fire.



Even thought times have changed, and we went through other stages, like the Bronze Age, we are always drawn to stone. Things made of stone connect us with our beginning, are from the earth, and many want to have a part of that natural beauty that Mother Nature has given. One way to do this is to add stone knobs to your home.

Modern materials and manufacturing never seem to really measure up to stone knobs. Just the cool feel of a stone knob against your flesh, makes a door stand out. It has a much more substantial and earthy feel than a brushed aluminum or other more modern knob. Once you touch it your hand will notice the difference of stone knobs. The organic feel will strike a cord and may even make you stop and take a look at the creation.

There are quite a few styles of stone knobs that are available on the market. Some of them have been completely tooled and shaped to feel perfectly smooth and rounded like a molded door knob. These stone knobs can be made out of a variety of stones, but granite and other easy find stones are the most popular. You can even find stone knobs that have been tooled out of marble, but these can ding and scratch more over time. Yet, it almost seems appropriate that the same stone that great artists like Michelangelo used to create masterpieces can be turned into the stone knobs in your home.

The next type of stone knobs are the designer knobs. They are made of semi-precious and precious stones. Some of these knobs mix metal and stone and are literally a masterpiece with designs created out of the various gemstone pieces.

If you are working on a very rustic home theme, you need something completely different. You need stone knobs that look as if they were just picked up off the path by the creek. Lucky for you, those are available. There are many specialty stone knobs that really are made out of the stones that were found on a creek bed. If you are going for a specific look, you can even hunt for the natural stones that are from a particular region or body of water.

Stone knobs are a connection with our cave men ancestors, although they never went this far with their stone tools. They were busy rolling large things in front of a door to block their homes from intrusion. What if they had a knob, to make their lives a little easier?