Emtek 4203 Hamden Dummy Entrance Handleset - Brass Tubular

The 4203 Hamden is a dummy handleset, meaning it is non-keyed and has no working latch. It is fixed trim for a door that does not need to latch, like an inactive leaf of a double door, a pantry or closet door, or the passive side of french doors. If you need the door to latch or lock, a dummy is the wrong function and you want an entry or single cylinder handleset instead.

Handing is a required selection, right hand or left hand, and it matters most when you put a lever on the inside, since a lever has to point toward the latch edge. Emtek calls out that handing is required if a lever is used on the inside trim. Determine the hand from the outside of the door: hinges on the right is right hand.

You pick it. The Hamden dummy set is sold complete with an interior trim of your choosing, and the choice is required at order time from roughly ninety Emtek knobs and levers, including the Ace and Ace Knurled knobs, the Spoke, Orb, Round, Egg and Octagon knobs, crystal knobs like Bristol, Windsor and Georgetown, and levers spanning Stuttgart, Helios, Athena, Hermes, Luzern, Poseidon, Milano, Rope, Rustic and Ribbon and Reed. That is how you match the handleset to knobs and levers already on other doors in the house.

The Emtek 4203 Hamden covers doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, so a 2 inch door is outside its range. For a thicker slab, the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest Dummy Handleset and the Weslock 6695 Belmont Dummy Handleset both go to 2 inch and are dummy function like the 4203. The Deltana 810871 Montego Handleset also fits 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. If the door runs thicker still, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial Handleset covers 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch as a single cylinder unit.

The Emtek 4203 Hamden is a dummy-function handleset, meaning it is fixed trim with no latch or bolt operation. Two comparable dummy handlesets are the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest Dummy Handleset with New Heaven Lever, which fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Weslock 6695 Belmont Dummy Handleset with Impresa Knob, which also fits 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. The Emtek 4203 fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch and is brass, with the inside trim chosen separately as a knob or lever.

The Emtek 4203 Hamden is non-keyed dummy trim, so it does not lock anything. For a keyed entry handleset on a residential door, the Schlage F60 Addison Single Cylinder Keyed Entry Handleset with Accent Lever is Grade 2 and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, the same thickness range the 4203 covers. The Kwikset 687AMD Amador Single Cylinder Handleset with SmartKey is Grade 3 and fits 1-3/4 inch doors. Both are entrance function rather than dummy.

The Emtek 4203 Hamden is dummy trim and does not operate a latch. If the door needs to latch but not key, the Schlage JE285 Barcelona Style Handleset with Seville Lever is a non-keyed entry function handleset, Grade 2, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. The Schlage JI18/19 Interconnected Passage Lock with Torino Lever is passage function with a keyed deadbolt, also 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch and Grade 2.

They are different animals. The Emtek 4203 Hamden is a tubular dummy handleset that surface mounts with no door prep required, on doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. The Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont is entrance-function mortise trim for a 1-3/4 inch door, so it depends on a mortise pocket in the door edge and is offered in single cylinder and double cylinder versions. A door prepped for one is not prepped for the other.

The Emtek 4203 Hamden suits the fixed leaf, since it is dummy trim surface mounted with no door prep required on doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. For the active leaf, the Weslock 2810 Hillcrest Single Cylinder Handleset with Hudson Knob is single cylinder for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest is the matching dummy in the same series, which keeps the two leaves looking alike.

Ten: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4) and French Antique (US7). If the exterior and interior need to differ, a split finish can be specified at order time. Unlacquered brass is the one to note, it has no protective coating and will patina with handling, so choose it only if you want that change over time.

The Hamden 4203 is a residential handleset. For multifamily or commercial openings where a graded product is specified, look at the Schlage Residential F60 Addison keyed entry handleset with Accent lever or the JE285 Barcelona with Seville lever, both Grade 2 and both covering 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, or the Master Lock HDLB Series single cylinder deadbolt handleset, also Grade 2.

Two other dummy handlesets to compare against: the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest with New Heaven lever and the Weslock 6695 Belmont with Impresa knob, both dummy function and both covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. The Weslocks handle thicker doors up to 2 inches, where the Hamden tops out at 1-3/4 inch, and they ship with the interior trim already paired rather than letting you choose it.

Emtek does not sell the Hamden dummy as a keyed set, it is dummy function only. For the active leaf, keyed brass handlesets we carry include the Deltana 803871B Hanover, 815871 St. Ann and 825871 Kingston, all solid brass entry handlesets, and the Baldwin Wesley handleset paired with either the Alcott or Carnaby knob in entrance function. Match the finish family across both leaves rather than expecting an exact profile match between brands.

Tubular. That distinction matters when you are replacing an existing set, because a mortise handleset needs a deep rectangular pocket cut into the door edge and a tubular one does not. On the Hamden dummy specifically there is no latch at all, it surface mounts with no door prep, so it will cover an unbored door or sit over an existing prep.

The Emtek 4203 Hamden is non-electronic dummy trim. For an electronic option with the same handleset grip appearance, the Kwikset 815SCEHFL San Clemente Handleset pairs a Halifax lever interior with a Contemporary SmartCode keypad electronic deadbolt and SmartKey, for a 1-3/4 inch door. Yale Real Living offers the BYRD226CBARX Assure Lock Wi-Fi and Bluetooth touchscreen deadbolt with Ridgefield handleset for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch, and the BYRD226NRRX standalone touchscreen version in the same thickness range.

The Emtek 4203 Hamden is brass and comes in ten finishes including Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Polished Nickel Lifetime US14, Satin Nickel US15, Flat Black US19, Polished Brass Lifetime US3, Unlacquered Brass US3NL and Satin Brass US4. On the entry side, Deltana lists three solid brass handlesets: the 803871B Hanover, the 815871 St. Ann and the 825871 Kingston, all entry function.

Not directly. The Baldwin Wesley handleset is entrance function and ships as a set with the interior knob specified in the part number, either the Alcott knob or the Carnaby knob. The Emtek 4203 Hamden is a dummy handleset with no keying, and its interior knob or lever is selected from the brass range at the time of order rather than fixed to two choices. The Wesley would suit an opening that needs a working entry set, not fixed pull trim.