Nickel Concealed Hinge For Face-Frame and Frameless Doors

The Sugatsune Olympia is a concealed long-arm European hinge in a nickel finish, engineered for 3/8 inch overlay doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, with a screw-on mount and a free-swinging action that keeps the door exactly where you leave it.

Key Features

• Nickel finish on plated steel pairs cleanly with polished and satin hardware across the cabinet run.
• Free-swinging motion holds the door at any open position without a spring or damper pulling it back.
• 85 degree opening angle is the correct geometry for this overlay and cabinet configuration, keeping the door from overswinging in tight installs.
• 3/8 inch overlay, half crank arm positions the door at a partial overlay over the cabinet face or frame edge.
• Screw-on mount fastens directly to the cabinet side or face frame for a firm, permanent connection.
• Works on face-frame and frameless cabinets, paired with the matching Sugatsune base plate, sold separately.

Where the 85 Degree Angle Does Its Job

An 85 degree opening is not a shortcoming here — it is the designed swing for a 3/8 inch overlay door in a layout where a wider arc would push the door into an adjacent cabinet, an appliance, or a wall. The half crank arm places the door at the correct 3/8 inch overlap over the cabinet side or frame stile, and the free-swinging hinge keeps it there. No spring draws it back, and no damper slows it. The door stays open while loading the cabinet and closes when you push it. For kitchens and casework where an active catch or a magnetic closure handles latching, free-swinging is the right choice.

The 35mm cup bores into the door at a standard 45mm boring pattern. The hinge arm screws to a Sugatsune base plate on the cabinet, ordered separately. Match the plate to the cabinet construction — face-frame or frameless — and to the overlay the layout calls for.

Nickel Finish on a Steel Build

The hinge is plated steel finished in nickel, which reads as a warm, polished silver that coordinates with satin nickel pulls, knobs, and other exposed hardware on the same run. For cabinetry where the concealed hinge stays hidden and the visible hardware sets the tone, the nickel finish on this hinge carries that palette into the door edge detail and any exposed hinge arm on a glass or open-face door. Maximum door thickness for this hinge is 13/16 inch, which covers most standard frameless and face-frame door stock.

A Practical Fit for This Overlay and Layout

This hinge suits cabinet shops and installers specifying partial-overlay doors on frameless boxes or face-frame cabinets where the install calls for a clean, tool-free door removal and a hinge the builder can source with confidence. Free-swinging hinges are the right pick for push-to-open setups, ADA-accessible cabinets, and any application where the door position should be controlled by a separate catch rather than a spring. If a project calls for a spring self-close or a soft-close damper on a 3/8 inch overlay door, the Olympia line offers those motion options as companion SKUs. For doors thicker than 13/16 inch, move to a thick-door hinge.

Common Questions

The Right Hinge, Finished to Match

When the layout calls for a 3/8 inch overlay free-swinging door in nickel, the Olympia delivers the geometry, the finish, and the build to get the job done and stay square over time.