Deltana DSBT Solid Brass Finial - Ball Tip

The DSBT ball tip fits Deltana solid brass hinges from 3-1/2 inch through 5 inch. It threads on at 8 x 1.25mm, which is the Deltana finial thread, so it swaps onto the hinge pin ends and tip openings on those sizes. Hinges outside that 3-1/2 to 5 inch range are not covered.

Priced and sold each, so a single hinge with a tip at the top and bottom of the barrel takes two DSBT finials. Count your openings accordingly: a three-hinge door needs six. Order them all in one finish so the barrels match down the jamb.

That is exactly what these are for. The DSBT is the tip only, not the hinge, so you back off the existing finials on a Deltana solid brass hinge between 3-1/2 and 5 inches and thread ball tips on in the finish you want. Solid brass throughout, so the material matches the hinge body.

No. The DSBT is a decorative tip for a plain bearing hinge and carries no NRP feature, so the pin still comes out. On an outswing exterior door where the hinge barrel is exposed, spec a hinge with a set screw NRP option instead of relying on the finial.

8 x 1.25mm, metric. That matters if you are matching finials to hinges already hung: the DSBT screws into a Deltana solid brass hinge in the 3-1/2 to 5 inch range, and a hinge tapped for anything other than 8 x 1.25mm will not take it.

The ball measures 1/2 inch in diameter and 9/16 inch in height. That is a small, rounded profile that sits close to the barrel, so if you are working around a tight casing or a door that swings back hard to a wall, the ball tip projects less than a taller urn or steeple style finial.

Eighteen: Polished Brass, PVD Polished Brass, Unlacquered Brass, Brushed Brass, Antique Brass, Polished Nickel, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Bronze Dark, Bronze Medium, White Light, White Medium, White Dark, Paint Black, and Rust. Property managers standardizing a building can match the finial to the hinge finish already on the other doors rather than replacing whole hinges.

Ball tip is the rounded traditional profile, 1/2 inch across and 9/16 inch tall, and it reads as decorative from across the room. Flat button tips sit nearly flush and disappear. Pick the ball where the hinge is meant to be seen (entry doors, period casework) and a flat tip where you want the barrel to vanish. Both thread the same 8 x 1.25mm on Deltana solid brass hinges 3-1/2 to 5 inches, so the decision is purely visual.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate, not a plated pot metal casting. On unlacquered brass that means it will patina over time the way the hinge does; the PVD polished brass option is the one to specify if you want a polished look that stays put in a high-traffic entry.

Deltana classifies the DSBT as commercial, and it pairs with plain bearing solid brass hinges. Plain bearing is the lighter-duty barrel construction, so on a heavy or high-cycle opening a ball bearing hinge is the better base; the finial itself is cosmetic and carries no load.