Bravura Nashville with Square Trim Dummy Knobset, Grade 2

A dummy knob is fixed trim. It does not turn a latch and has no latchbolt behind it, so it is used where nothing needs to latch: a closet or pantry door held by a ball catch or roller catch, or the inactive leaf of a French pair where you just need something to pull on. The Nashville dummy is the counterpart piece to matching functioning hardware on the rest of the openings. If the door needs to stay shut on its own, you want a passage knob with a latch instead, like the Dexter C2000 passage ball knob.

There is no latch and no chassis to run through the door, so a dummy does not need a cross bore or an edge bore. It mounts to the face of the door. If the door already has a standard 2-1/8 inch bore from an old knob, the rose will cover it, but a dummy is normally screwed to a solid face. Handing is not a factor either, since nothing rotates a retractor.

Residential. Bravura lists the Nashville as residential hardware, though the internal mechanics exceed ANSI Grade 2 standards. For a commercial corridor or an institutional facility standardizing across doors, step up to a commercial-listed dummy such as the Schlage A170 single dummy trim or the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim, both Grade 2 commercial cylindrical.

The Schlage A170 single dummy trim is the closest direct match. Like the Bravura Nashville dummy knobset, it is a Grade 2 cylindrical dummy knob, and Schlage lists it as heavy duty with a 1-3/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch door thickness range. The BEST 6K Series single dummy trim is also a Grade 2 non-keyed cylindrical dummy knob, rated medium duty. All three are non-latching trim that mounts to the door face where no latch is required.

A dummy knob is a counterpart to functioning hardware and is used where a latch is not needed, so it will not hold a door closed. For a latching non-keyed knob, the Dexter C2000 Series passage knob is Grade 2 for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Corbin Russwin CK4410 is a Grade 2 passage/closet cylindrical lock for the same thickness range. If the door needs to lock from inside, the Dexter C2000 privacy knob is the Grade 2 privacy version.

Yes, that is what it is for. The Nashville dummy is a trim-only counterpart, so it carries the same knob shape and square rose as the functioning Nashville hardware, letting a closet or inactive leaf look identical to the entry and passage openings beside it. Order it in the same finish as the rest of the run: US19 Black, US15 Satin Nickel, US26 Polished Chrome, or US10B Oil Rubbed Bronze.

The Bravura Nashville dummy knobset is a single dummy function. For openings that need a knob on each face, Emtek supplies dummy knobsets as pairs, including the Arts and Crafts Hammered Egg dummy pair and the Classic Brass Crystal Georgetown and Providence dummy pairs. Ordering two single dummies is the alternative if you want to stay with a square-trim cylindrical style.

Yes, in function. The Cal-Royal BA40 from the Barrington BA Series is a dummy knob cylindrical lock for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, matching the dummy function of the Bravura Nashville knobset. The difference is styling: the Nashville is a solid brass knob with square trim, while the BA40 carries the Barrington design.

No. The Arrow MK01 and the Arrow RK01 are both Grade 2 non-keyed passage/hall/closet cylindrical knob locks for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, which means they include a working latch. The Bravura Nashville knobset is dummy function, a counterpart to functioning hardware used where a latch is not needed. Choose the Arrow units only if the door needs to latch.

To keep the same grade across an apartment or house, the Dexter C2000 Series covers Grade 2 entry/office keyed, classroom keyed, passage and privacy ball knob functions for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Callan also offers Grade 2 entrance knobsets in the Edgewood and Roland series. The Bravura Nashville dummy knobset is Grade 2 and supplies the non-latching openings such as closet false doors in the same program.

The Nashville dummy knobset is a Grade 2 residential knobset. For heavier traffic with a functioning latch, the Schlage D10S passage knob and the Corbin Russwin CK4310 passage/closet lock are both Grade 1, the CK4310 covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. The Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset with an interchangeable core, fire rated, for 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. Note these all latch, unlike the dummy Nashville.

Solid brass, with a square rose trim. That matters on a dummy more than people expect, since it is a pull-only piece that gets gripped and tugged rather than turned, and cast brass holds up to that better than a stamped hollow knob.

No. A dummy has no latch to retract and no handed spring cassette, so it installs the same on a left or right hand door and on either face. The reversible note applies to the Bravura knob design generally; for your purposes, just pick the side you want the knob on.

The Nashville dummy knobset is Grade 2 solid brass. Where a lighter residential knob suffices, Pamex offers the Grade 3 Saturn FT3 knob lockset and the Grade 3 Baron FTF in entrance/office, privacy and passage functions, all for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Cal-Royal's Grade 3 Berkley BER00 entrance/office and BER20 privacy knobs cover the same thickness range. These are latching functions rather than dummy trim, so use them only where the door actually operates.

The Bravura Nashville dummy knobset is sold as an individual knobset in US15 satin nickel, US26 polished chrome, US10B oil rubbed bronze and US19 black. For volume buying in a single knob style, the Sure-Loc Bergen round knob is offered as a 6-pack with an adjustable backset, though that is a latching knobset rather than dummy trim.