Baldwin Reserve Contemporary Non-Turning One-Sided Knob with Contemporary Rose

Just the knob and rose. A dummy is non-turning and non-latching, so there's no latch, no spindle through the door, and no strike. It mounts to one face of the door and gives you something to pull on. It matches the look of an active passage, privacy or entry knob without any of the working parts, which is why it's used on closet and hallway doors that don't need to latch. If you need the door to stay shut, you want a passage knob instead, such as the Corbin Russwin CK4410 or the Dexter C2000 passage knob.

It installs into the 2-1/8 inch standard bore prep, so it drops onto a door already drilled for a cylindrical knob. The edge bore is 1 inch and the backset works at either 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inches, which are the two standard residential backsets. On a dummy there is no latch going into the edge bore, so the backset only matters for where the knob lands on the face of the door. Coverage of the old rose depends on which rose you pick: the five inch contemporary rose covers considerably more of the door face than the round or square rose.

A passage knob turns and throws a latch, so the door stays closed against the stop until you turn the knob. A dummy does neither: it's fixed trim you pull on, and the door needs a ball catch, roller catch or magnetic catch to hold it shut. On bifold and reach-in closet doors that already have a catch or a track, the dummy is what you want. On a swinging hallway or closet door with no catch, go with a passage set such as the Corbin Russwin CK4310 or the Bravura Albany passage knobset. Bravura also makes the Biloxi dummy knobset if you want the dummy but a different look.

You can, but there are dummy knobsets sold as a matched pair. The Emtek Arts and Crafts Hammered Egg knobset ships as a dummy pair, as do the Emtek Classic Brass Crystal Georgetown and Providence knobsets. The Baldwin Reserve Contemporary knob is a one-sided non-turning knob, so a pair of doors takes two of them. The pair-packed Emtek sets are traditional and crystal styling rather than contemporary, so if the rest of the openings are running Baldwin Reserve Contemporary, two singles keeps the look consistent.

A dummy knob has no latch, so a door that has to stay closed needs a passage function. The Schlage D10S is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knob lock with an Orbit knob; the Corbin Russwin CK4310 is a Grade 1 passage/closet cylindrical lock with a Global knob covering doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. On the lighter side, the Dexter C2000 Series passage ball knob and the Pamex FTF Baron passage knob are Grade 2 and Grade 3 respectively, both for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Omnia also makes the 434/PA egg-shaped passage latchset in solid brass if the door wants a decorative knob rather than a commercial one.

The Baldwin Reserve Contemporary knob is a residential product. For openings that need a commercial-rated dummy, the Schlage A170 is Grade 2 and rated heavy duty, and the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim is Grade 2 medium duty. If the same doors also need active hardware to a commercial grade, the BEST 8K Series entrance knob lock and the Sargent 8XG04 storeroom knob lock are both Grade 1 heavy duty, and the Falcon X101 passage knobset is Grade 1 heavy duty with a fire rating and a 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch door range.

Fire ratings among the knob locks are carried by the Falcon W101, a Grade 2 medium duty passage/closet knob with a 2-3/4 inch backset, and the Falcon X101, a Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset with an interchangeable core for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. Both are latching passage functions rather than dummies. The Baldwin Reserve Contemporary knob is a non-turning residential dummy with no latch, so a rated opening should be specified around a latching lock like the Falcon units.

It's a residential product, not a commercial-duty one. On a leased or institutional opening where you need graded cylindrical hardware, look at the Schlage A170 single dummy trim (Grade 2, heavy duty) or the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim (Grade 2, medium duty). Those are the commercial equivalents of the same function. The Baldwin is the right call inside a residence, a model unit, or a finished space where appearance drives the choice.

Three rose shapes are offered and all three come in every finish: the CRR round rose, the CSR square rose, and the CFR five inch rose. Round and square are the choice when you're matching the trim shape on the other doors in the room. The five inch rose is the one to take if you're covering a larger existing prep or a worn spot on the door face, or if the rest of the openings already carry a long five inch escutcheon-style trim.

Six finishes, each available with all three rose shapes: 044 Satin Brass PVD, 055 Polished Nickel PVD, 112 Venetian Bronze, 150 Satin Nickel, 190 Satin Black, and 260 Polished Chrome. The finish and rose codes are the same ones Baldwin uses across the Reserve Series, so a dummy ordered in 150 with a round rose sits alongside a Reserve passage or privacy knob ordered the same way on the neighbouring doors.

There's no cylinder and no keyway in it at all, so it can't be keyed and can't join a keying system. It's non-keyed, non-turning trim. If a door in the group actually needs a key, that opening takes a keyed lock instead, and the dummy stays on the closet and pantry doors where nothing has to lock.

No. The Baldwin Reserve Contemporary non-turning knob is a decorative one-sided knob that mounts to the face of the door in the standard 2-1/8 inch bore prep and does nothing mechanically. Knob trim such as the Sargent 28C-KNOB, an exit device trim with knob and rose for 1-3/4 inch doors, or the Imperial USA ED-BKL580 knob trim in storeroom function, is the outside operating trim for an exit device and retracts the device latch. The Sargent 78-2875 outside knob only is likewise device trim, not a dummy.

Privacy function is the one for bed and bath. The Dexter C2000 Series privacy ball knob is Grade 2 for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, the Pamex FTF Baron privacy knob is Grade 3 for the same range, and the Cal-Royal BER20 is a Grade 3 privacy knob with brass trim. Deltana's 6112 St. Thomas privacy knob covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. For keyed openings, Cal-Royal BER00 is a Grade 3 entrance/office knob with a Kwikset keyway and Kwikset's own 400P-CP Polo keyed entry knob is Grade 3 for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. The Baldwin Reserve Contemporary knob is non-keyed and has no locking mechanism at all.

Yes, and it's simpler than a working lockset. Because there's no latch and nothing passes through the door, an undrilled slab only needs the mounting for the rose itself, not the full 2-1/8 inch cross bore and 1 inch edge bore a functioning knob requires. If the door is already bored for a cylindrical knob, the dummy installs into that prep and the hole is hidden behind the rose.

They solve different problems. 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, so it controls who gets into the room without keys. The Baldwin Reserve Contemporary knob is a non-turning one-sided knob with no locking mechanism, meant to match the look of an active passage, privacy, or entry door on a closet or hallway door that does not need to be secured.

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, which covers the active openings in one purchase. The Baldwin Reserve Contemporary knob is ordered on its own per door since it is a single non-turning knob, and it accepts either a 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset prep with a 1 inch edge bore.