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I recently had my parlor shutters dipped. They came out great (props to Michael and Jennifer at Big Apple Stripping), but I want to replace the knobs and I’ve had trouble finding new ones. The original knobs are “males”, meaning the screw is already attached to the knob (kind of like a giant thumbtack) so the screw part doesn’t go all the way through the shutter and doesn’t have to be fastened on the other side of the wood. It seems that today all knobs are 2-piece “females” so I’d have to drill through the shutter. I’ve looked at Home Depot, Ikea, on-line, etc. but no one knows where to get “male” knobs. Has anyone else found them?