Bravura Lynchburg with Round Trim Dummy Knobset, Grade 2

A dummy knob is trim only. There's no latch, no spindle turn, no bore mechanism, so the Lynchburg dummy just mounts to the door face and gives you something to pull. Two normal uses: as the inactive half of a pair of doors where the other leaf carries the working lock, and on closet or pantry doors held shut by a ball catch or roller catch. If the door needs to latch on its own, this is the wrong part and you want a passage set instead.

No cross bore is needed for the latch, because there is no latch. A dummy knob mounts on the door face, so on a slab that has never been drilled you avoid the 2-1/8 inch bore and 1 inch edge bore entirely. That also means going the other direction is not free: if you're pulling a working knob out of an already-bored door and putting a dummy in its place, you'll be leaving an open bore behind the rose unless you plug it.

The Schlage A170 single dummy trim is the closest match on function and grade: it is a Grade 2 cylindrical non-keyed knob lock with a dummy function, the same function and grade as the Lynchburg round trim dummy knobset. The Schlage A170 is from the A Series, is rated heavy duty, and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch thick. The BEST 6K Series single dummy trim is another Grade 2 dummy knob, rated medium duty. The Lynchburg is a residential-designated knobset, so on a commercial opening where a duty level is being specified, the A170 or the 6K carry a stated duty rating.

No, and this is the substitution that gets returned most often. The Bravura Lynchburg round trim dummy knobset is a dummy function, which is a counterpart to functioning door hardware or is used where a latch is not needed - the knob does not turn a latch. A passage knob operates a latch bolt without a key: the Dexter C2000 Series passage cylindrical ball knob is a Grade 2 passage function, and the Corbin Russwin CK4410 is a Grade 2 passage/closet cylindrical lock. If the door needs to stay shut on its own, a passage set is what does that; the dummy is for a fixed inactive leaf or a closet door held by a catch or roller.

No. The Lynchburg round trim dummy knobset is a dummy function with no latch and no locking. A bedroom or bath door needs a privacy function: the Dexter C2000 Series privacy cylindrical ball knob is Grade 2 privacy for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, the Cal-Royal BER20 is a Grade 3 privacy knob lock with brass trim over the same door thickness range, and the Pamex FTF Baron knob lockset is a Grade 3 privacy function. Deltana's 6112 St. Thomas knob is a privacy function for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick if the styling needs to stay decorative.

Bravura rates the Lynchburg as residential, and states the internal mechanics exceed ANSI Grade 2. For a landlord or property manager doing interior doors in apartments or a single-family rental, that's a reasonable spec. For a school, hospital, or anything with a code-driven hardware schedule, buy commercial-listed hardware instead. On a dummy specifically the point is somewhat academic, since there are no moving parts to wear out.

Two: US15 Satin Nickel and US10B Oil Rubbed Bronze. Both are standard trade finish codes, so if the rest of the openings in the unit are already US15 or US10B, the Lynchburg matches the set. Worth ordering the dummy at the same time as the working hardware for that door group so the finish batch lines up.

Handing is not a factor. Bravura lists the Lynchburg as reversible, and a dummy has no latch bevel or bolt to orient in the first place, so the same part works on a left-hand or right-hand door swinging either way. Useful if you're buying a case of them for a building and don't want to survey every closet.

On a pair, the active leaf takes a functioning cylindrical knob and the inactive leaf takes the dummy. For the active side in Grade 2, ZenSupply carries the Corbin Russwin CK4410 passage knob for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, the Dexter C2000 passage and privacy ball knobs across the same thickness range, and the Sargent 6G04 storeroom knob if the door needs to stay locked. Match finish across the pair. The Lynchburg's round rose won't visually match a Global or ball knob, so if appearance matters, buy the working half from Bravura too.

Both are Grade 2 single dummy knob trim, so functionally they do the same job. The split is duty and market: Bravura lists the Lynchburg as residential with solid brass construction, while Schlage rates the A170 as heavy duty for 1-3/8 to 1-7/8 inch doors. If the dummy is going on a commercial opening alongside other A Series hardware, take the A170. For a residential or light multi-family door where the brass finish is the point, the Lynchburg is the fit. The BEST 6K single dummy trim is the medium-duty middle ground.

A dummy provides no holding force at all, so the door needs a separate catch. Standard fix on a closet or pantry is a ball catch or roller catch mortised into the door edge with a strike in the frame, or a magnetic catch on the stop. That's a separate purchase from the knob. The alternative is to skip the dummy and use a real passage latch, like the Cal-Royal BA40 range or a Pamex FTF passage set for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, which latches and releases on the knob turn.

The Bravura Lynchburg round trim dummy knobset has no cylinder. For the keyed openings alongside it, Grade 2 keyed knob options include the Dexter C2000 Series entry/office cylindrical ball knob, keyed, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, the Corbin Russwin CK4851 entrance/office cylindrical lock with a conventional cylinder, and the Sargent 6G04 storeroom/closet knob lock with a single cylinder, rated standard duty. The Callan Edgewood is a Grade 2 entrance knobset for a residential-styled run.

No. The Bravura Lynchburg round trim dummy knobset is a Grade 2 dummy function knob for residential use. Exit device trim is a separate part: the Sargent 28C-KNOB is exit device trim with knob and rose in entrance function for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Imperial USA ED-BKL580 is knob trim in storeroom function for the ED-500 series. Where a fire rating is called for on the opening, the Falcon W101 is a Grade 2 cylindrical knob lock with a fire rating and a 2-3/4 inch backset, and the Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 fire-rated passage knobset for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch thick.

Solid brass. That matters more on a dummy than on a working set, because a dummy is a pull. It takes hand contact and body weight against it all day with no mechanism to absorb the load, and plated pot metal is where you see the finish wear through at the grip first. Omnia's 434/0 and 442/00 single dummy knobs are the other solid brass options in the same category.

The Cal-Royal BA40 dummy knob cylindrical lock in the Barrington BA series is a dummy function knob for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, without the solid brass construction the Lynchburg round trim dummy knobset carries. The Omnia 434/0 traditional egg-shaped knob single dummy is another single-side dummy trim. All three serve the same purpose - a fixed knob on a leaf that does not latch.

The Bravura Lynchburg round trim dummy knobset comes in US15 satin nickel and US10B oil rubbed bronze. Other dummy function knobs to check against the same door run are the Schlage A170 single dummy trim, the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim, the Cal-Royal BA40 Barrington dummy knob, and the Omnia 434/0 and 458/0 single dummy knob latchsets. Matching a fleet is usually easier by holding one series across all the doors and changing only the function, since knob profile and rose diameter vary more between series than finish names do.