Baldwin Reserve Ellipse Passage Knob Set with Traditional Rose

It is built and rated as residential hardware, with no ANSI grade behind it. For a corridor, classroom wing, or anywhere the door gets institutional traffic, go with a graded cylindrical passage knob instead: the Schlage D10S is Grade 1 heavy duty, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 is Grade 1 and covers 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the Falcon X101 is Grade 1 heavy duty with a fire rating and a 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch thickness range. Reserve is the right choice for high-end residential, model units, and hospitality guest rooms where the look is doing the work.

Passage function knobs have no locking mechanism, so a bedroom or bathroom door needs a privacy set instead. The Dexter C2000 Series privacy cylindrical ball knob lock is Grade 2, non-keyed, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick; the Pamex FTF Baron knob in privacy function is Grade 3 over the same thickness range; the Cal-Royal BER20 is a Grade 3 privacy knob lock with brass trim; and the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas knob privacy fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Keep the Baldwin Reserve Ellipse for the hall and closet doors, where the passage function belongs.

The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is non-keyed, so a keyed opening needs an entrance-function knob. The Corbin Russwin CK4851 is a Grade 1 entrance/office cylindrical lock with a Global knob and conventional cylinder for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick; the Dexter C2000 entry/office ball knob is Grade 2 and keyed for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors; the Cal-Royal BER00 is a Grade 3 entrance/office knob lock with a Kwikset keyway; and the Kwikset 400P Polo keyed entry knob comes with a 6AL latch and RCS strike.

No - they are not interchangeable. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is a cylindrical passage set with a latch that retracts when the knob turns, prepped for a 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset and a 1 inch edge bore. A dummy knob is surface-mounted trim with no latch and no bore, for a door held shut by a ball catch or roller, such as the Schlage A170 single dummy trim, the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim, the Bravura Biloxi dummy knobset with round trim, or the Omnia 458/0 single dummy. Use a dummy only on an inactive leaf or a closet door with a separate catch.

The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is a residential passage knob set. For a labeled opening, the Falcon W101 is a Grade 2 medium duty cylindrical knob lock in passage/closet latch function with a 2-3/4 inch backset and a fire rating, and the Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knobset with an interchangeable core, a fire rating, and coverage for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch thick. Specify one of those for the fire-rated leaves and keep the Baldwin Reserve Ellipse for the non-rated interior doors.

Not on its own. There is no cylinder and no keyway in a passage set, so it will not secure anything. For a keyed entry you want an entrance-function knob such as the Callan Edgewood Grade 2, the Kwikset 400P Polo, or the Corbin Russwin CK4851 Grade 1 entrance lock, which covers 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors. Reserve passage hardware belongs on interior openings.

Only the shape of the plate that sits against the door face. The Ellipse knob, the passage latch, and the bored prep are identical across all three. Arch rose (TAR), round rose (TRR) and square rose (TSR) are all offered in the same eight finishes, so pick the rose that matches the trim profile and casing detail on the rest of the openings.

Yes. Split finish is an option you specify when ordering, so the exterior side can run one finish and the interior another. There is also a split rose option if you need a different rose shape on each face, which comes up on a door that opens from a period hallway into a contemporary room. Both are free-text entries on the order, so state the finish or rose code you want for each side.

Handing is not a factor. A passage knob turns from both sides with nothing to orient, and the latch that comes with a bored passage set is reversible in the field. What does matter is backset and door thickness, so measure those before you order.

No. A passage set has a working latch that holds the door closed against the strike. If the door is held by a ball catch, a roller catch, or is one leaf of a set of double doors that does not need to latch, order a dummy knob instead. The Emtek Arts and Crafts hammered egg dummy pair, the Omnia 434/0 solid brass single dummy, and the BEST 6K single dummy trim all cover that. Dummy trim mounts to the face of the door with no bore for a latch.

Keep the same Ellipse knob and Traditional rose and change only the function. The passage version goes on halls, closets and pantries; bedrooms and baths take the privacy version of the same Reserve Ellipse knob; exterior and office doors take the keyed version. All of them share the 2-1/8 inch cross bore and 1 inch edge bore, and all run the same finish codes, so the openings read identically down the hall even though the functions differ.

Yes. The Pamex FTF Baron knob lockset in passage function is a Grade 3 knob for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, and the Bravura Albany and Bravura Lynchburg are Grade 2 passage knobsets with round trim. The Kwikset 200P Polo passage knob is another interior hall/closet knob and ships with a 6AL latch and RCS round corner strike. All are non-keyed always-turning knobs like the Baldwin Reserve Ellipse; the Baldwin differs in offering the Ellipse knob across Traditional Arch, Round and Square roses in finishes from Polished Brass PVD to Satin Black.

For corridors that see constant use, the heavy duty commercial passage knobs are the Schlage D10S, a Grade 1 heavy duty non-keyed passage latch with an Orbit knob, and the Falcon X101, a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knobset with an interchangeable core for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. A step down from those, the Arrow MK01 and Arrow RK01 are Grade 2 non-keyed passage cylindrical knob locks for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Corbin Russwin CK4410 is a Grade 2 passage/closet lock with a Global knob over the same thickness range. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is a residential passage set in the Reserve Series, matched to interior doors rather than corridor traffic.

They are different functions and behave differently at the door. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is passage function, non-keyed, with both knobs always free. A storeroom knob such as the Sargent 8XG04, a Grade 1 heavy duty single cylinder storeroom/closet knob with a 2-3/4 inch backset, or the Sargent 6G04, a Grade 2 storeroom/closet knob with a single cylinder, keeps the outside knob locked at all times and requires a key to enter. A classroom knob such as the Dexter C2000 Grade 2 classroom ball knob is keyed as well. Choose one of those only when the room is meant to stay secured.

Only if the door needs to control who gets in. The Lockey 3830 is a mechanical keyless combination knob lock with an auto-locking passage function for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch thick, so it latches free once the code is entered but secures itself again. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is a straight passage set - non-keyed, no code, both knobs always turn - which is what a plain hall or closet door normally wants.

The Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob is a combo pack with adjustable backsets and dual strikes for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, intended to cover a set of openings in one purchase. The Baldwin Reserve Ellipse is a single-function passage knob set for hall and closet doors, ordered per opening with a 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset, so a house using it would pair it with keyed and privacy sets on the other doors.