KV 8455FM 16" Side Mount 1" Overtravel Soft Close Drawer Slide Ebony Black Bulk-10 Sets Knape and Vogt 8455FMB EB 16

Black Side-Mount Ball Bearing Slides Built for Over-Travel Clearance

The Knape & Vogt 8455 series is a 16 inch, side-mount ball-bearing drawer slide that combines over-travel extension with integrated soft-close damping, finished in Ebony Black for a low-profile look inside dark or painted cabinet interiors.

Key Features

• 1 inch of over-travel pushes the drawer past full extension, clearing deep face frames and countertop overhangs so the entire drawer interior is reachable.
• Integrated soft-close catches the drawer near the end of travel and eases it silently shut on a damped mechanism, not a self-closing ramp.
• 90 lb load rating per pair handles utility, kitchen, and shop drawers well within the working load.
• Ball-bearing movement delivers smooth, consistent travel under load across the full slide length.
• Ebony Black steel finish keeps the hardware visually quiet against black or dark cabinet interiors.
• Non-handed design means the same slide fits either side, with no left/right ordering to manage.

Where Over-Travel Makes the Difference

Standard full-extension slides stop at the cabinet face. Over-travel carries the drawer an additional inch beyond that point, which matters whenever the drawer opening is partially blocked by a face frame, a counter overhang, or a surrounding structure. The 8455 suits kitchen base cabinets under deep stone tops, face-frame cabinets where the frame shaves reach, and utility or shop drawers built into enclosed workstations. The soft-close feature makes it equally at home in finished residential cabinetry where a controlled, quiet close is expected alongside that extra inch of clearance.

Finish, Materials, and Motion

The 8455 is built from steel with a 1/2 inch side clearance requirement per side, in the standard telescopic side-mount arrangement. The Ebony Black finish is a functional coating that also serves a visual purpose: in cabinets with black or charcoal interiors, the slides recede instead of catching the eye. The soft-close mechanism is an integrated damper, not a ramp or spring, so the closing motion decelerates and settles rather than snapping shut. This is a side-mount slide, visible when the drawer is open, and it requires 1/2 inch of clearance between the drawer box side and the cabinet interior on each side.

Who Should Order This Slide

Cabinet shops and contractors working on face-frame kitchen projects will find the over-travel particularly useful when deep countertops or wide frames reduce effective reach into open drawers. Home renovation projects with dark or painted cabinet interiors benefit from the Ebony Black finish blending with the box. The bulk-pack format suits shops running multiple drawers on a job rather than a single-drawer retrofit. At 90 lb per pair, this slide handles everything from silverware to heavy pots-and-pans drawers without approaching its rated capacity.

The Right Slide for Drawers That Need Every Inch

When a face frame or countertop overhang is working against you, the 8455 gives back that inch with over-travel extension and wraps it in soft-close damping and an Ebony Black finish built for dark cabinet interiors.