Baldwin Reserve Traditional Passage Knob Set with Traditional Rose

The Reserve Traditional passage knob works with either a 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset, which covers both of the standard bore locations on residential doors. The edge bore is 1 inch and the face bore is the standard 2-1/8 inch prep, so on a door already drilled for a common cylindrical knob it drops straight in with no new boring.

Passage function only, no lock and no key. Both knobs retract the latch at all times, which is what you want on a hall, closet, or pantry door. For a bed or bath door that needs a push button or turn button inside, you need the privacy version instead, and for a door that has to lock with a key you need an entry function set.

It's a residential-duty set. For commercial corridors, schools, or anything taking real traffic you want a Grade 1 or Grade 2 cylindrical passage knob instead: the Schlage D10S is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage knob, the Falcon X101 is Grade 1 with an interchangeable core and fits 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the Corbin Russwin CK4310 is a Grade 1 passage knob for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors. The Reserve set belongs on apartment interiors, model units, and single-family work where the finish matters more than the cycle count.

No. The Baldwin Reserve Traditional is a passage set with a working latch that retracts when the knob is turned. A dummy knob is surface-mounted trim with no latch and no moving mechanism - it is pulled, not turned, and is used on closet doors that hold shut on a catch or on the inactive leaf of a pair. Dummy examples include the Schlage A170 single dummy trim, the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim, the Omnia 434/0 traditional egg-shaped knob single dummy, and the Emtek Arts and Crafts hammered egg knob dummy pair. Ordering a dummy for an opening that needs the door to latch leaves the door swinging free.

The Baldwin Reserve Traditional knob set is a non-keyed passage/hall/closet cylindrical knob. Direct function equivalents from other makers include the Dexter C2000 Series Grade 2 passage cylindrical ball knob lock, the Corbin Russwin CK4410 Grade 2 passage/closet cylindrical lock with Global knob, and the Arrow MK01 Grade 2 non-keyed passage cylindrical knob lock. All three carry the same passage/hall/closet function, so the latch is always free from both sides with no key and no locking. The difference is styling and grading: the Baldwin is a Reserve Series residential design offered with Traditional Arch, Traditional Round, and Traditional Square roses in eight finishes, while the Dexter, Corbin Russwin, and Arrow units are Grade 2 commercial ball or Global knob designs.

The Baldwin Reserve Traditional passage knob set is a residential product. For a high-traffic commercial corridor, the Grade 1 passage knobs are the ones to look at: the Schlage D10S passage latch is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical non-keyed knob lock with an Orbit knob, the Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knobset with an interchangeable core and a fire rating, and 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 thick. All three hold the same passage function as the Baldwin - free latch, no key - in a Grade 1 commercial build.

The Baldwin Reserve Traditional knob set is non-keyed, so it takes no cylinder. For a keyed opening, the entrance and storeroom knobs are the alternatives: the Corbin Russwin CK4851 entrance/office cylindrical lock with a Global knob and conventional cylinder, the Dexter C2000 Series Grade 2 entry/office cylindrical ball knob lock, the Kwikset 400P-CP Polo keyed entry knob in Grade 3 for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Sargent 8XG04 Grade 1 storeroom/closet single cylinder knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset. Storeroom function keeps the outside knob locked at all times and needs the key on every entry, while entrance/office can be left unlocked for the day.

Eight finishes: 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). All eight are offered with each of the three Traditional rose shapes, arch, round, and square, so 24 combinations in total. Useful if you are standardizing a whole floor and want one finish across mixed rose shapes.

Yes. Split rose and split finish are both order options on the Reserve Traditional passage set, so you can run one finish or rose shape on the corridor side and another inside the room. Both are free-text entries on the order, so spell out exactly which finish and rose belongs on which side. This is the common fix when a hallway is one scheme and the bedrooms are another.

The Reserve Traditional knob is offered in privacy as well as passage, in the same Traditional rose shapes, so a whole house can carry one design with the right function on each door: privacy on bed and bath, passage on halls and closets. Keep the rose shape and finish code consistent across the order and the doors will read as one set.

For rental turns and back-of-house doors where the trim does not need to be a decorative brass set, the Pamex FTF Baron is a Grade 3 passage knob for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Dexter C2000 is a Grade 2 passage ball knob for the same thickness range. Both latch the same way as the Baldwin. What you give up is the Reserve finish range and the arch, round, and square rose choices.

For the same passage/hall/closet function in a plainer package, the Pamex FTF Baron Grade 3 passage knob lockset covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, the Kwikset 200P Polo passage knob ships with a 6AL latch and RCS round corner strike, and the Omnia 434/PA is a traditional egg-shaped knob latchset in solid brass. Where the Baldwin differs is configurability: it is a Reserve Series set built around three rose shapes - Traditional Arch, Traditional Round, and Traditional Square - across eight finishes, with a backset of 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch, and it can be ordered split rose or split finish.

The Baldwin Reserve Traditional passage knob set is a residential Reserve Series knob offered in eight finishes across three rose shapes, with a 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset and a 1 inch edge bore, so one part number covers a mix of door preps. For a building spec, the Bravura Albany and Bravura Lynchburg passage knobsets with round trim are both Grade 2 passage/hall/closet, and the Bravura Dallas with rectangle trim is a Grade 2 passage knobset in US4 satin brass. The Pamex FTF Baron Grade 3 passage knob lockset covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Each carries the same free-latch passage function, so they interchange on hall and closet openings.

The Baldwin Reserve Traditional passage knob set has no locking mechanism at all. For a closet or storeroom that has to stay secured, storeroom function is the one to specify: the Sargent 6G04 is a Grade 2 storeroom/closet knob lock with a single cylinder in standard duty, and the Sargent 8XG04 is the Grade 1 heavy duty storeroom/closet single cylinder knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset. The BEST 8K Series is a Grade 1 heavy duty single cylinder entrance function knob lock, which unlike storeroom allows the outside knob to be left unlocked.

Three rose shapes are offered on the Reserve Traditional passage knob: Traditional Arch (TAR), Traditional Round (TRR), and Traditional Square (TSR). If you want a soft, fully round trim, choose TRR. TSR is the square-edged plate and TAR is the arched profile. All three share the same knob and the same 2-1/8 inch door prep, so the choice is purely how the trim reads against the door style.

The Baldwin Reserve Traditional passage knob set is a Traditional design offered with Traditional Arch, Traditional Round, and Traditional Square roses. For other decorative knob shapes, the Omnia 434/PA is a traditional egg-shaped knob latchset in solid brass with a 3 inch projection and passage function. Emtek offers porcelain knobs with a threaded rod, sold two knobs per set, and Classic Brass Crystal knobsets in the Georgetown and Providence knob shapes, though those crystal sets are dummy function rather than passage.