Usually people don’t wrap their whole hand around a pull, instead using a few fingers. But even then, some pulls are still too shallow, and that first set of knuckles will hit the cabinet which is annoying.

We have:

Kitchen: Jeffery Alexander Bremen 2 pulls, Jeffery Alexander Durham knobs

Bathroom: Top Knobs Lily pulls.

Another kitchen: Jeffery Alexander Bremen 1 pulls.

I think they are deep enough to be comfortable. But we don’t wrap our whole hand around them. Some we tried were less deep and were uncomfortable even with just using fingers.

Try to find a showroom that carries lots of brands and “man-handle” them yourself. Some are too skinny and they feel sharp and uncomfortable when you grab them. You’ll probably be able to tell right away what feels right.

In comparison to all the brands in our nearby showroom, JA and Top Knobs looked to be generally in the mid-range on price. They had a lots of really pricey brands. My cabinet builder was able to get a little bit of a lower price on the JA and I bought the Top Knobs from the showroom.

Other notes:

Cup pulls will eliminate the knuckle-knocking issue, but I don’t like them because they seem impossible to keep clean.

I would avoid bar-style pulls that have the bar extending out past the post because they will catch your purse strap, backpack straps, clothing, etc.

good luck!

Would these long pulls work for your husband?

In one of our previous homes, the doors were opened via a touch latch of some kind. Drawers were custom of wood, much like a cup pull. Lucky you, hubby cooks!

Some of the on-line retailers will list the in the specs of the pull how deep it is (how far from the drawer/cab door front the pull extends). I would look for that.

I don't have large hands, but very stiff fingers from arthritis, so I looked for roomy pulls and avoided knobs entirely. Mine are made by Hafele, don't know if they would be large enough for your husband though.

I have the Greenwich pulls from Hickory Hardware. I got them because they're versatile in style, they protrude more than most pulls, and they're fairly cheap in lots of different sizes.

I ordered multiple samples from Top Knob ($5/piece). Nice quality, solid feel. I think that this is an important enough decision to get the right fit.

I love my pulls (on ALL my cabinets, uppers and lowers!). They are 5 1/4" wide and are solid polished brass.

They are from Look in the Attic <https://www.lookintheattic.com/hwdp238us5.html>; They have really gone up in price in 3 years - I paid $9.95 - they are now $13.50 (price varies by finish). Still not too bad. Since they are solid brass, they will last forever.

I found the Hickory Hardware Rotterdam to have a bit more room relative to width than a lot of the other options. It's a bit of an eclectic collection as each length has a different style, though. I was really close to using these myself with one of the reasons being that the handle was more comfortable with the extra room.

https://hickoryhardware.com/collections/rotterdam

Thank you for giving some things to investigate. I feel a little more confident about looking. ssdarb, your thoughts about how you use a pull gave me some things to think about (i.e., you don't use your whole hand, just hook your fingers over). My husband has been testing with his whole hand. I asked him to open a bathroom drawer for me. And he did exactly what you said--he hooked a few of fingers over the pull. So, I'll focus him testing the hardware in this manner. Anglophilia, since you used the same size pull on everything, did you use the 5 1/4" on wide drawers? I have three 35" drawers and eighteen 27.75" drawers. I wonder if the 5 1/4" will be too small. I want a pull large enough to open the drawer, but not so big that the drawer pulls are the main thing that is seen in the kitchen.

Amerock Revitalize pulls, due to their shape, are more comfortable to use with larger hands.

Revitalize 6-5/16" Center-to-Center Oil-Rubbed Bronze Cabinet Pull · More Info

Since you are probably leaning towards deeper pulls, that’s why I recommended that you stay away from bar style with pointy parts that go beyond the posts. Those will grab clothes and straps. That will annoy you to no end.

I forgot to mention that if you get any appliance pulls, people do tend to grab those with their whole hand, like grabbing an office door handle. I don’t have any of those, but I think the are usually deeper/more projection.