Designs of steel make the difference
Karcher handles from Germany are the samurai swords of the door and window handle world. Achieving a balance of innovation, aesthetics and security, each product is a marriage of form and function.
Each handle design is a result of attractive ideas — innovative, simple, secure — allowing the beauty and strength of each material used — core of stainless steel, accents of zirconium brass — to show through. These materials are further set off by the hardwearing Karcher ‘Satin Steel’ finish (there’s also polished finish).
Karcher’s patented ‘rose’ construction for door handles and fittings is where the similarity to samurai sword assembly is most evident. In the rose construction, the solid metal mounting base has supporting and locking studs that assure easy assembly and stability and durability during use — very much like the mekugi (pins) that secure the sword handle to the blade.
Karcher handles are not limited to state-of–the art handles. If it’s a specific period look you want — like 1930s door hardware — Karcher designs have a complete range of offerings along these lines. Karcher handles are not limited to lever types. Karcher also offers a range of knobs, pull handles and sliding door handles. They come in several materials as well — brass door knobs, stainless steel door knobs, ceramic knobs, even glass knobs to suit the most demanding of tastes.
In each door furniture line, materials and finishes can also be combined to create bespoke door furniture offerings that reflect the owner’s unique style.
Not only that, there are Karcher door handles that cater to people with special needs. Some Karcher door handles come equipped with Braille signs on them so non-sighted people can easily tell which way a door leads to, a very helpful feature in case someone is new to a place.
No surprise then that Karcher door and window handle designs have been published in many European and American magazines, and their products have been successfully used in many homes and commercial buildings all over the world.
Like the samurai sword, Karcher handle designs went out and conquered with attractive, cutting edge ideas, and the shimmering beauty of form and function these ideas generated.
If Europe’s cathedrals are ‘poems in stone,’ Karcher handles are ‘designs of steel.’ As the Karcher motto goes: “Design makes the difference.”