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Baldwin Estate 5015 Half Dummy Knob with 5048 Rose
FEATURES
- Solid forged brass in a round design gives this knob lasting style.
- Sold as a pair or an individual, knobs and levers can be used to create your own unique look.
- Pair mix and match knobs and levers with roses for interior sets like passage and privacy, or customize mortise lock sets utilizing handle set trim or a wide variety of escutcheon plates.
- This style is featured in Quick Ship as part of a complete Passage, Privacy, Full Dummy or Half Dummy set.
- Familiar and comforting, this item in its traditional style is timeless and classic.
- Dependability, quality, and high design. Baldwin's Quick Ship items are ready to ship to you within 5 business days from ordering.
- Our Lifetime Graphite Nickel finish combines black and satin nickel tones to create this beautiful dark grey finish with a warm and subtle luster. This satin PVD finish is extremely durable and is backed by our Limited Lifetime Finish™ Warranty.
- Solid forged brass
- Finished and polished by hand
- Premium 28° Estate Latch
- Concealed Screws
- The anti-friction nylon insert provides quiet closing and reduces strike plate scratches
- Working parts are precisely machined for maximum strength
- Lifetime Finishes create a surface highly resistant to the effects of weather and normal wear and tear
- Lever-strength latches are built with heavy-duty springs to offset the solidity of Baldwin levers
- Lifetime Limited Warranty
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Manufacturer Resources
Product Specs
- Product Group:
- Mechanical Locks
- Product Type:
- Knobsets
- Subcategory:
- Door Knobs
- Product Subgroup:
- Bored Locksets
- Commercial/Residential:
- Residential
- Collection:
- Estate Series
- Series:
- 5015
- Product Attribute:
- Cylindrical Locks
- Product Model:
- 5015.IDM
- Product Function:
- Dummy
- Door Hand Direction:
- Reversible
- Product Category:
- Mechanical Locks
- Department:
- Door Hardware
Baldwin 5015112IDM – Frequently Asked Questions
1) Do I need to bore the door for a Baldwin 5015 half dummy knob?
A half dummy doesn't use a standard 2-1/8 inch bore or a latch cross-bore. The 5015 knob and 5048 rose surface mount to the door face, so there is no backset to hit and no latch prep. That makes it the easy fix on a door already drilled for something else, or on a slab with no prep at all.
2) Can I match a Baldwin 5015 dummy knob to the passage and privacy knobs on my other doors?
That's what the Estate line is built for. The 5015 knob and 5048 rose appear across Baldwin's Quick Ship program as complete passage, privacy, full dummy and half dummy sets, so the closet door dummy has the same knob profile and rose as the bedroom privacy set down the hall. Order the same finish number across all of them and the openings read identically.
3) Is the Baldwin Estate 5015 knob suitable for a commercial building or office?
It's classified residential, and the Estate line is a forged brass decorative product with no ANSI grade behind it. For commercial traffic, a graded cylindrical knob is the right call: the Schlage A170 single dummy trim is Grade 2 heavy duty and fits 1-3/8 to 1-7/8 inch doors, and the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim is Grade 2 medium duty. Use the Baldwin where the look matters, on a residence, model unit or hospitality interior.
4) I need a dummy knob on a closet door that also latches shut. Is the 5015 half dummy the right part?
No. A half dummy has no latch, so the door will swing free unless a roller catch, ball catch or magnetic catch holds it. Plenty of closet installs do exactly that, dummy knob plus a catch. If you want the knob itself to hold the door, order a passage function instead. Baldwin builds the Estate passage sets around the same 5015 knob with a premium 28 degree Estate latch, so the look carries over.
5) The door actually needs to latch - what takes the place of a 5015 half dummy knob?
The Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy knob does not latch or turn, so a door that has to hold shut needs a passage or privacy knob instead. Solid brass traditional options include the Omnia 434/PA egg-shaped knob latchset, passage function with a 3 inch projection. In a round traditional look, the Bravura Albany and Bravura Lynchburg round trim knobsets are both Grade 2 passage. For a bath or bedroom door needing a thumbturn, the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas knob is privacy function for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the Pamex FTF Baron is a Grade 3 privacy knob lockset for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors.
6) What is the closest equivalent to a Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy knob from another brand?
The Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy knob with 5048 rose is a single dummy knob - a non-turning knob on a rose with no latch. The Schlage A170 single dummy trim is the same function in the A Series, a Grade 2 non-keyed cylindrical knob rated heavy duty for door thicknesses of 1-3/8 to 1-7/8 inch. The BEST 6K Series 6K-1DT single dummy trim is also dummy function, Grade 2 and medium duty. Both mount as trim only, the same way the 5015 half dummy does, so either drops onto the same prepped or unprepped door face.
7) I need dummy knobs on both sides of a pair of doors, not just one side - what should I order?
A Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy covers one face of the door only. For both faces, dummy knobs sold as a pair include the Emtek Arts and Crafts Hammered Egg dummy pair, the Emtek Classic Brass Crystal Georgetown dummy pair, and the Emtek Classic Brass Crystal Providence dummy pair - each dummy function and supplied as two knobs. The Emtek Porcelain knobs also ship two knobs per set with a threaded rod. Ordering two 5015 half dummies is the other route if you want the Estate knob on both faces.
8) Is the Baldwin 5015 half dummy suitable for a commercial corridor or a school door?
The Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy knob is an Estate Series residential knob, and as a dummy it provides no latching or locking. Commercial openings that need a graded cylindrical knob lock are served by the Sargent 8XG04, a Grade 1 heavy duty storeroom/closet knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset, the Falcon X101 Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset with interchangeable core and a fire rating, or the Schlage D10S Grade 1 heavy duty passage latch in the D Series. For a classroom function specifically, the Dexter C2000 Series Grade 2 classroom ball knob lock is keyed and non-clutching for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors.
9) Does the Baldwin 5015 dummy knob have a hand, left or right?
Reversible, so it works on either hand of door. There is no handing to specify and nothing to swap in the field, which is what you want when you are ordering a run of them for a building and don't want to survey every opening first.
10) What finishes does the Baldwin Estate 5015 knob come in?
Eleven finishes: Polished Brass (003), Non-Lacquered Brass (031), Vintage Brass (033), Satin Brass (044), Polished Nickel (055), Satin Nickel (056), Graphite Nickel (076), Oil-Rubbed Bronze (102), Venetian Bronze (112/11P), Satin Black (190) and Polished Chrome (260). If you are matching existing Baldwin Estate hardware in a house, the number on the back of what's already installed is the one to order. Note 031 Non-Lacquered Brass is a living finish and will patina; the others are not intended to.
11) How do I identify or reorder a Baldwin 5015 knob I already have installed?
The model is 5015.IDM, part of Baldwin's Estate Series 5015 line, and the rose is the 5048. Ordering is the model plus the three-digit finish code, for example 5015 in 076 Graphite Nickel. Those finish numbers are the same across Estate trim, so once you know the number you can add matching knobs, levers or escutcheons later without guessing at the color.
12) What is a simpler dummy knob than the Baldwin Estate 5015 for a closet or cabinet door?
The Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy is solid forged brass, finished and polished by hand, with concealed screws. Where that level of finish is not needed, the Cal-Royal BA40 dummy knob in the Barrington BA Series is a dummy cylindrical knob for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Bravura Biloxi round trim dummy knobset is Grade 2 dummy function. Both are dummy-only, the same non-turning role the 5015 half dummy fills.
13) I want the same Estate knob look on the entry door as the 5015 half dummy inside - what keyed knob works?
The Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy is dummy function, so it cannot serve a keyed opening. Solid brass traditional keyed knobs include the Deltana 6171 round knob and the Deltana 3381 egg knob, both entry function for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the Deltana 6901 Portland knob entry for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. If the entry is a commercial-style opening, the Corbin Russwin CK4851 is an entrance/office cylindrical lock with a global knob and conventional cylinder for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the BEST 8K Series entrance function single cylinder knob lock is Grade 1 heavy duty.
14) I am standardizing knobs across a multi-family building - can I mix the Baldwin 5015 half dummy with a graded passage knob on the same units?
The Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy knob is reversible, so it takes either hand of door without a separate part number, which keeps ordering simple across a fleet. It carries no ANSI grade because it has no latch to cycle. For the doors in the same unit that do latch, graded peers include the Arrow MK01 and Arrow RK01 Grade 2 non-keyed passage cylindrical knob locks for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, the Corbin Russwin CK4410 Grade 2 global knob passage lock over the same thickness range, and the Falcon W101 Grade 2 medium duty passage/closet knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset and a fire rating for rated openings.
15) Are the mounting screws on the Baldwin 5015 rose visible from the front?
Concealed. The 5048 rose hides the fasteners, so you get a clean face with no screw heads showing, which is the detail that separates the Estate line from a builder-grade dummy knob where the screws sit right on the rose.
16) How does the Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy differ from a builder combo pack or multi-pack knob?
The Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy is sold as an individual knob with the 5048 rose, meant to be mixed and matched with other Estate knobs, levers and roses to build a set. Volume and combo offerings work the other way around: the Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob is a combo function pack with adjustable backsets and dual strikes for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Sure-Loc Bergen round knob ships as a 6-pack with an adjustable backset. Those are pre-set groupings; the 5015 half dummy is specified one knob at a time.
17) Is there a keyless option to use instead of a Baldwin 5015 half dummy knob on a door that needs controlled access?
The Baldwin Estate 5015 half dummy has no latch or lock at all, so it offers no access control. The Lockey 3830 is a mechanical keyless combination knob lock with an auto-locking passage function, fitting doors from 1 3/16 to 2 inch thick, which handles access on a door without keys. For keyed control on a closet or supply door, the Sargent 6G04 is a Grade 2 standard duty storeroom/closet knob lock with a single cylinder.
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