Baldwin Reserve Ellipse Full Dummy Knob Set with Traditional Rose

A full dummy is a pull, not a lock. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse full dummy set gives you a knob on both faces of the door with no latch, no spindle turn, and no key. It's what you use on doors that don't need to latch, closet doors held by a roller or magnetic catch, French door inactive leaves, and pantry doors. If the door needs to stay closed on its own, you want a passage set instead.

Yes. The Reserve Ellipse full dummy mounts into the standard 2-1/8 inch cross bore, so a door already prepped for a passage, privacy, or entry lock takes it with no new boring. It matches the look of those functions on the same prep without the latch. The 1 inch edge bore prep for the latch simply goes unused.

Full dummy means both sides: two knobs, two roses, one per face. There's no handing to specify because nothing rotates and nothing latches, so the same set works on a left or right hand door. If you only need a knob on one face, a single dummy is the part to look at, such as the Schlage A170 single dummy trim or the BEST 6K single dummy trim.

It's a residential product. The Reserve Ellipse dummy set is built for home interiors, so for corridors, offices, schools, or anything running commercial traffic and inspection, go to a graded cylindrical line instead. Examples in that lane are the Corbin Russwin CK4310 Grade 1 passage knob, the Schlage D10S Grade 1 passage, or the Falcon X101 Grade 1 heavy duty passage knob.

The Schlage A170 is a single dummy trim knob in the A Series, a Grade 2 non-keyed cylindrical knob lock rated heavy duty. Like the Baldwin Reserve Ellipse, its lock function is dummy, so the knob is fixed and there is no latch or keying. The BEST 6K Series single dummy trim is another dummy-function knob, Grade 2 and medium duty. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is a residential set built around a 1 inch edge bore preparation, while the Schlage and BEST dummy trims are catalogued with ANSI grades, which is what an institutional or MRO spec usually calls for.

The Emtek Arts and Crafts Hammered Egg knobset dummy is sold as a pair, as are the Emtek Classic Brass Crystal Georgetown and Providence dummy knobsets. All three are dummy function. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is a full dummy knob set, which covers both faces of one door leaf in the standard 2.125 inch door preparation; the Emtek dummy pairs are the option when you want two separate single-side knobs to distribute across leaves. The Schlage A170 and the BEST 6K dummy trim are single dummy trims, so each one covers one face only.

A dummy knob has no latch, so if the door has to stay closed you need a passage set. In a traditional knob style, the Omnia 434/PA is an egg-shaped knob latchset with passage function and a 3 inch projection, and the Omnia 434/0 is the matching single dummy version of that same egg knob. On the commercial side, the Schlage D10S is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage latch with an Orbit knob, and the Corbin Russwin CK4310 is a Grade 1 passage/closet cylindrical lock taking doors 1-3/8 to 2 inches. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is dummy function only.

The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is a residential knob set with a dummy function. Where a facility standard calls for an ANSI grade on the opening, the graded knob locks in the same family are the Falcon X101, a Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset with an interchangeable core, fire rated, taking doors 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inches, and the Falcon W101, a Grade 2 medium duty passage/closet knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset and fire rated. For a graded lock that still stays dummy, the Schlage A170 is Grade 2 heavy duty single dummy trim for doors 1-3/8 to 1-7/8 inches.

A dummy knob accepts no cylinder, so a keyed opening needs a different function. The Corbin Russwin CK4851 is a Grade 1 entrance/office cylindrical knob lock with a conventional cylinder for doors 1-3/8 to 2 inches. The BEST 8K Series is a Grade 1 heavy duty entrance function single cylinder knob lock. For storeroom function, the Sargent 8XG04 is a Grade 1 heavy duty single cylinder knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset, and the Sargent 6G04 is the Grade 2 standard duty storeroom equivalent. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is non-keyed.

Four rose styles, each offered in all eight finishes: Contemporary Round (CRR), Traditional Arch (TAR), Traditional Round (TRR), and Traditional Square (TSR). Finishes are Polished Brass PVD (003), Satin Brass PVD (044), Polished Nickel PVD (055), Venetian Bronze (112), Satin Nickel (150), Matte Antique Nickel (152), Satin Black (190), and Polished Chrome (260). Pick the rose that matches the other Reserve trim already on the openings, since the knob itself is the same Ellipse shape across all four.

Yes, that's what the split rose and split finish options are for. If the hallway side has to match one scheme and the room side another, or a square rose faces one way and a round rose the other, specify the split when you order rather than buying two sets. Both are optional text entries on the order, so state exactly which finish and rose go on which face.

The Ellipse knob on Reserve roses is made in the working functions as well, so you can run one knob and rose design across a floor and change only the function per door: dummy on the closets and inactive leaves, passage on halls, privacy on bed and bath, keyed entry at the exterior. Order the same rose style (CRR, TAR, TRR, or TSR) and the same finish code on every opening and they read as one set.

No strike, no latch, no cylinder. A full dummy has no moving parts in the door edge, so nothing gets mortised into the jamb. On a door that has to stay shut you'll want a separate roller catch, ball catch, or magnetic catch, since the knob won't hold it. That's the one piece people forget when they swap a passage set out for dummy trim.

No. A passage knob turns and retracts a latch; a dummy knob is fixed and operates nothing. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is dummy function and non-keyed. Sets such as the Arrow MK01 and Arrow RK01, both Grade 2 passage cylindrical knob locks for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Dexter C2000 Grade 2 passage ball knob, are passage function and will not serve where a fixed pull is wanted. Going the other way, the Bravura Biloxi with round trim is a Grade 2 dummy knobset, which is the same functional category as the Baldwin.

Privacy function knobs in the same knob format include the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas knob privacy set for doors 1-3/8 to 2 inches, the Dexter C2000 Grade 2 privacy ball knob for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches, the Cal-Royal BER20 Grade 3 privacy knob with brass trim, and the Pamex FTF Baron Grade 3 privacy knob lockset. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse dummy knob is meant to match the look of a privacy or entry door without the lock or latch function, so it pairs with a privacy set on adjacent openings rather than replacing one.

The Cal-Royal BA40 in the Barrington BA series is a dummy knob cylindrical lock for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches. The Bravura Biloxi with round trim is a Grade 2 dummy knobset. Both are dummy function like the Baldwin Reserve Ellipse. The Baldwin comes in eight finishes including 003 Polished Brass PVD, 150 Satin Nickel, 190 Satin Black and 260 Polished Chrome, and in four rose shapes, which is the difference to weigh if the closet door has to visually match other openings in the unit.

No, those are different parts. The Sargent 28C-KNOB is exit device trim with a knob and rose for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Sargent 78-2875 is an outside knob only in the 7800 Series; the Imperial USA ED-BKL580 is knob trim with a storeroom function in the ED-500 Series. Those mount to an exit device or its chassis, not to a bored door on their own. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse full dummy knob set installs into the standard 2.125 inch door preparation with a 1 inch edge bore and works as a fixed knob on its own.

Several brands cover multiple functions in a single knob family. Pamex offers the FTF Baron in Grade 3 in entrance/office, privacy and passage functions, all for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches. Dexter C2000 covers Grade 2 classroom, entry/office, passage and privacy in a ball knob for the same 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch range. The Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob is a combo pack with adjustable backsets and dual strikes for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse covers the dummy openings in that mix and shares its finish range across four rose shapes so the fixed knobs read the same as the working ones.