Thanks ladies! I feel very comfortable placing an order. The nephew who built our cabinets gave me a hardware book. He may be able to get a bit of discount through his boss contractor license, but doubtful as good deal as from knobs 4 less will know soon. He comes to install bases , uppers minus the doors of course tomorrow. The kitchen is 99% DYI total kitchen gut job. We ARE crazy painting our cabinets ourselves. I had contacted an auto body shop we have done business with and a co owner is a HS friend of our daughters. But the unusual icy winter weather this year in MN up to the recent snow storms they have had an unusual amount of body work along with the nephew was concerned about the fixes of the usual dings etc. of finishes when installing. Even though the DH has not voiced it I think he know wishes otherwise. We have hired a bit of the electrical done this old house has knob and tube could not tell which was hot! and needed an upgrade to 200. Install and mudding of drywall, granite and backsplash and cabinets the rest has been/will be on us. Demo, insulating, painting walls, rest of electrical,- outlets, plugmold, stripping, re staining and poly floor, ceiling which will have tin ceiling tiles, painting cabinets bases, uppers ,18 drawers, and the doors, plumbing, gas line, etc. I am getting more kitchen than I would have otherwise! I have been taking photos not always when I should have and the lay out makes it difficult at times. Someday I will try and do a reveal just not too soon.

I'm not familiar with your drop pulls, but if you don't get anyone here to answer the question about the "stop", you could always call Amerock or whichever webstore you're buying them from to ask. I've only ever had drop pulls on dressers, and they all have had an escutcheon plate behind the pull and the area of the dresser the pull hits. I'd be nervous if a drop pull doesn't have that plate. But, I'm no drop pull expert.

I never hear Berenson Hardware mentioned, but it's what I used. My cabmaker recommended it. They have some dark finishes, including matte black. Berenson is usually sold through dealers, like my cabmaker, but it is available on-line through sites such as thehardwarehut.com and edirecthardware.com. My handles and pulls were something like $6.60, installed, from my cabmaker. The pulls I've shown below are 4.09 from hardware hut. You can see all their collections, and read about their finishes, on the Berenson website. Here is a link that might be useful: Berenson Hearthstone

First time customer at woodworkershdwe.com--placed the order Wednesday afternoon and rec'd it 9:30 this morning (Friday). (They're in Minnesota & I'm in central Wisconsin but still, I was impressed!) Shipping was reasonable, too. $8.95 & the box was heavy. 1300 screws, a pint of wood filler & one pair of hinges.