Baldwin Reserve 8BR0100008 Baldwin Bow Kwikset Smartkey Key Blanks

Yes. The 8BR0100008 is a Baldwin bow blank cut on the Kwikset SmartKey keyway, so it goes into SmartKey cylinders while carrying the Baldwin head profile that matches Reserve trim. If your cylinders are standard Kwikset KW1 rather than SmartKey, this is the wrong blank.

They are the Reserve Series blank. Baldwin ships Reserve locksets on the SmartKey cylinder, and the 8BR0100008 is the matching bow, so keys you cut off it read as Baldwin at the head instead of a generic aftermarket bow. Useful when a homeowner or property owner wants every key in the house to look like part of the same suite.

Baldwin lists the Reserve line, and this blank with it, as residential. For commercial corridors, stairwells, or anything on a master key schedule, you want a commercial cylinder keyway rather than a SmartKey residential blank. On the residential side of a multi-family property (unit entries running Baldwin Reserve on SmartKey), it is the correct blank.

Brass, which is the standard blank stock for SmartKey cutting and holds a clean cut without the burring you get on softer plated blanks. Brass is the only substrate offered on the 8BR0100008.

No special machine for the blank itself; it duplicates on standard key machines the same as any brass blank. What differs is the cylinder: SmartKey cylinders are rekeyed with the SmartKey tool and an existing working key, not by repinning, so you cut the 8BR0100008 to the new key you want and then teach the cylinder to it.