Emtek 4205 Hercules Smooth Monolithic Dummy Set Entrance Handleset - Brass Tubular

It's a dummy set, so there's no latch and no key. The handle is fixed trim, mounted to the door face, used on the inactive leaf of a pair of French doors, a closet door, or an out-swing panel that doesn't need to latch. If you need the door to secure, this isn't the part. A keyed equivalent in the same handleset style is what to order instead.

Handing is required on the 4205 whenever a lever is used for the inside trim, or if an interconnect device is specified. Levers are handed because they have to point toward the latch edge; knobs aren't. Right hand and left hand are both offered. Stand outside the door: if the hinges are on your right, it's a right hand door.

Two required choices beyond finish: the inside trim (any Emtek brass knob or lever, from Hercules and Stuttgart levers through Ace and Spoke knobs and the crystal knobs like Windsor and Bristol) and the handing. There's also an optional door thickness field. It ships as a complete set, exterior handle plus the interior trim you chose, so nothing else is required to hang it.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, so a full 2 inch slab is past its range. For a dummy handleset on a thicker door, the Weslock 6695 Belmont with Impresa Knob and the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest with New Heaven Lever both list 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch and are dummy function. If the door is thicker still, the Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial Handleset with Eleganti Knob lists 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch, though it is a single cylinder keyed set rather than a dummy.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules is a dummy set and is not keyed, so it does not secure an opening. For a keyed exterior door, the Schlage Residential F60 Addison Single Cylinder Keyed Entry Handleset with Accent Lever is a Grade 2 entrance handleset with a 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch door thickness range, matching the same doors the 4205 fits. Kwikset's 687AMD Amador Single Cylinder Handleset with SmartKey is Grade 3 entrance function for a 1-3/4 inch door, and the Master Lock HDLBA0615/4D is a Grade 2 single cylinder deadbolt handleset in the HDLB Series. The Pamex FS7P31 Lexington Single Cylinder Handleset is entry function across 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules is a dummy-function handleset, so the direct functional equivalents are other dummy handlesets rather than keyed entry sets. Weslock offers two: the 6695 Belmont Dummy Handleset with Impresa Knob in the Elegance Series, and the 2815 Hillcrest Dummy Handleset with New Heaven Lever in the Premiere Essentials Series. Both are dummy function and both list a door thickness range of 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, which covers the 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch range the Emtek 4205 fits. The difference is trim selection: the Emtek 4205 is ordered with a choice of brass knob or lever for the inside trim, while the Weslock sets pair with a fixed interior style.

Yes. The Emtek 4205 Hercules is a dummy set, meaning it is fixed trim with no latch. If you want the handleset to hold the door closed without a key, the Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona Style Handleset with Seville Lever is a non-keyed entry function set, Grade 2, for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. The Schlage Residential JI18/19 is passage function, Grade 2, over the same 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch range, interconnected with a keyed deadbolt and a Torino lever if you want the deadbolt separate from the latching.

Center-to-center is 5-1/2 inches. If you're replacing an existing surface-mounted dummy handle, measure the two existing fastener centers first: at 5-1/2 inches you're reusing the holes, at anything else you'll be patching and drilling fresh.

Yes, US3NL unlacquered brass is one of eight finishes, alongside oil rubbed bronze (US10B), lifetime polished nickel (US14), satin nickel (US15), flat black (US19), polished chrome (US26), satin brass (US4) and French antique (US7). Unlacquered brass is left bare, so it darkens with handling; the lifetime polished nickel is the one that stays put.

It's from Emtek's brass collection in a contemporary smooth monolithic style, and it takes any Emtek brass knob or lever as the inside trim. So if your other openings run Hercules levers or Ace knobs, you can order the 4205 with that same trim and the same finish code (US15 satin nickel, US19 flat black and so on) and the fleet reads as one set.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules is non-electronic and non-keyed, so it carries no credential of any kind. For an electronic opening, the Kwikset 815SCEHFL San Clemente Handleset pairs a Halifax lever interior trim with a Contemporary SmartCode keypad electronic deadbolt and SmartKey, Signature Series, for a 1-3/4 inch door. On the Yale Real Living side, the BYRD226CBARX Assure Lock is a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth touchscreen deadbolt with the Ridgefield handleset for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the BYRD226NRRX is the standalone touchscreen version over the same thickness range. Note these are all thicker-door sets than the 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch the 4205 covers.

They solve different problems. The Emtek 4205 Hercules is a tubular dummy handleset in brass that surface mounts with no door prep required, so it is pull-only trim on an inactive or dummy leaf. The Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont is entrance-function mortise trim for a 1-3/4 inch door and comes in single cylinder or double cylinder versions, which means it goes over a mortise lock body in a mortise-prepped door. If the door already carries a mortise pocket, the 4205 is not the part for it.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules is designated residential, and it is a dummy set with no latching or locking. For work where a grade is on the drawing, the graded peers in solid brass and steel handlesets include the Schlage Residential F60 Addison at Grade 2, the Master Lock HDLBA0615/4D at Grade 2 in the HDLB Series, the Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona at Grade 2, and the Kwikset 687AMD Amador and 687BW Belleview at Grade 3. The 4205 remains the right part for inactive leaves and closet or pantry doors within a residential or multi-family unit where the handleset is trim only.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules is brass with a contemporary style and a smooth monolithic grip. For solid brass handlesets in traditional profiles, Deltana offers the 803871B Hanover, the 815871 St. Ann, and the 825871 Kingston, all solid brass entry handlesets, plus the 810871 Montego, which fits 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. Baldwin's Wesley handleset is available paired with the Alcott knob or the Carnaby knob, both entrance function. The trade-off is function: the Deltana and Baldwin sets listed are entry or entrance sets, while the Emtek 4205 is a dummy.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules is sold as a complete set and requires an inside trim selection, a knob or lever, when ordered. If you need the exterior grip alone because the interior trim is already on the door, Kwikset lists exterior-only handlesets: the 687AMD Amador Single Cylinder with SmartKey and the 687BW Belleview Single Cylinder with SmartKey are both exterior only, Grade 3, entrance function, for a 1-3/4 inch door. The 687AMD is also offered with an SC1 keyway SmartKey cylinder as the 687AMD SMC.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules is a dummy set and is not keyed, so it does not take a cylinder at all. For a double-keyed opening, the Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont Double Cylinder Entry Mortise Trim is entrance function for a 1-3/4 inch door and takes a cylinder on both sides; the matching single cylinder version is the 6542 Tremont Single Cylinder Entry Mortise Trim on the same 1-3/4 inch door. Both are mortise trim, so they require a mortise-prepped door rather than the surface mount the 4205 uses.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules is a dummy handleset with no keyway and no electronics. For key-free electronic entry with a handleset, Yale Real Living offers the BYRD256 CBARX Assure Key Free Touchscreen Deadbolt with the Ridgefield Passage Handleset and trim, connected by August, Wi-Fi, for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. The BYRD256CBARX Assure Lock 2 Key-Free Touchscreen Deadbolt with Wi-Fi and Ridgefield Handleset lists a wider 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch range, which starts at the same 1-3/8 inch minimum the Emtek 4205 fits.

Solid brass substrate. For a property manager standardizing exterior trim, that matters on a weather-exposed opening: brass takes the finish through the body of the part rather than over a pot-metal casting. It's a residential-duty set, not a commercial grade lockset.

The Emtek 4205 Hercules requires handing when a lever is used on the inside or when an interconnect device is specified, so you supply right hand or left hand at order. Among the peers, the Schlage Residential JI18/19 is an interconnected passage lock with a keyed deadbolt and Torino lever, Grade 2, for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, which is the interconnected configuration for a keyed opening. The Weslock 2815 Hillcrest Dummy Handleset with New Heaven Lever is the dummy set with a lever interior if you want that trim style without the Emtek trim menu.