Emtek Classic Brass Knobsets - Norwich Knob, Passage Set

Yes. The Norwich passage knobset drops into standard door prep: a 2-1/8 inch cross bore, with the latch set for either a 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset. Door thickness is covered from 1-3/8 up to 1-3/4 inches, so a typical interior door needs no extra machining. One exception on the trim side: if you pick the STRETTO rosette, that takes a 1-1/4 inch diameter bore and a 2-hole prep.

Backset is something you choose on the order: 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch. The standard latch supplied is the 2-3/8 inch one, so if the existing bore is 2-3/4 inches back from the door edge, say so when you order. Measure from the door edge to the center of the bore hole before you commit; those are the two common backsets and getting it wrong means the latch will not reach the strike.

Passage means no lock at all. The Norwich passage set is non-keyed with no thumbturn, both knobs always turn, and it is used on halls, closets, and pantry doors. If you need a bedroom or bathroom door that locks from the inside, that is a privacy set, not this one. If you need a keyed exterior door, that is an entry set.

It is a residential product, tubular in construction, and that is the application it is built for: houses, condo interiors, and the finished side of a multi-family unit. For a commercial corridor or anything on a high-traffic opening, go to a graded cylindrical lock instead. The Schlage D10S is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage knob, and the Corbin Russwin CK4310 is a Grade 1 passage cylindrical lock covering 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors. For a mid-level option, the Arrow MK01 and the Dexter C2000 passage knob are both Grade 2 for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors.

The Norwich passage set specifications list a door thickness of 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. For a thicker leaf in passage function, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 Grade 1 passage/closet lock covers 1-3/8 to 2 inches and the Falcon X101 Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset covers 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inches. If the door needs an entry function at that thickness, the Deltana 3381 Egg knob entry and the Deltana 6171 Round knob entry both cover 1-3/8 to 2 inches.

The Norwich passage knob is a non-keyed passage function tubular lockset in brass, built for residential openings. If the same hall or closet door needs a commercial-duty knob instead, the Schlage D10S is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage latch cylindrical knob lock with an Orbit knob, and the Corbin Russwin CK4310 is a Grade 1 passage/closet cylindrical lock with a Global knob that covers doors 1-3/8 to 2 inches thick. Both do the same job at the door - latch only, no locking - in a graded commercial platform rather than a decorative brass one.

The Norwich passage set is non-keyed, so an exterior or lockable office door needs a different function. Keyed knob options include the Kwikset 400P-CP Polo keyed entry knob, a Grade 3 entrance set for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches, the Cal-Royal BER00 Grade 3 entrance/office knob lock with a Kwikset keyway, and the Corbin Russwin CK4851 entrance/office cylindrical lock with a conventional cylinder for doors 1-3/8 to 2 inches. For solid brass in a traditional shape, the Deltana 6901 Portland knob entry covers 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors.

The Kwikset 200P Polo passage knob is an interior hall and closet lock supplied with a 6AL latch and RCS round corner strike, and the 200P-CP version ships with a round corner adjustable latch and round corner strike. The Emtek Norwich passage set replaces it in the same 2-1/8 inch cross bore door prep with a 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset, and offers a round or square corner latch faceplate so the existing mortise for the latch face is matched rather than recut. That makes it a straight upgrade path from a builder-grade knob to solid brass on the same door.

It ships as a complete set: both knobs, the rosettes you specify, the latch, and a strike plate. Nothing else is needed to hang it on a bored door. The latch faceplate comes in round corner or square corner, so it can match the mortise already cut in the door edge.

CF gives you rosettes with no exposed screws, so the trim reads clean from the face of the door. It comes with the 28 degree rotation latch. The other two latch choices are the standard latch and the 28 degree latch on its own. The 28 degree latch shortens the knob rotation needed to retract the bolt, which is the lighter feel people notice on higher-end residential trim. Pick CF where the door is on show and the exposed screw heads would bother you.

The Norwich knob can be ordered on any of seven brass rosettes: #8, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Watford, and Wilshire. That is how you match a run of doors where the knob stays the same and the backplate shape carries the style. Ten finishes are offered, from Flat Black (US19) and Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B) through Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Satin Brass (US4), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Polished Chrome (US26), Pewter (US15A), French Antique (US7), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL).

In the same solid brass, traditional residential lane, the Baldwin Estate 5011 Colonial passage knob with the 5058 rose and the Baldwin Estate 5000 Baltimore passage knob (preconfigured with a 2-3/8 inch backset and full lip strike) are the closest peers. Omnia's 434/PA is an egg-shaped knob latchset in solid brass with a 3 inch projection. If the budget matters more than the trim, the Pamex FTF Baron passage knob is a Grade 3 set for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Kwikset 200P Polo passage knob ships with a 6AL latch and round corner strike. What none of those give you is the Emtek combination of seven rosette shapes and ten finishes on one knob.

Yes, split finish is an order option on the Norwich passage set. You call out which finish goes on each face when you place the order, which is what you do when a hall is painted one way and a room the other. The backset is a required selection; the door thickness field and the split finish and comments fields are there for you to fill in when the opening is not standard.

Tubular is the residential construction: lighter chassis, standard 2-1/8 inch bore, and the trim design carries the value. That is what the Norwich is. A cylindrical lock has a heavier chassis built to an ANSI/BHMA grade and takes abuse on a commercial opening. If the door is inside a home and you care how it looks and feels in the hand, tubular is right. If it is an office, school, or a corridor door being cycled all day, look at a graded cylindrical set like the Sargent 6G04 or the Falcon W101.

The Norwich passage set is configured across ten finishes, seven rosettes and three latch options including a CF mechanism with no exposed rosette screws, so every order is a build. For a traditional solid brass knob latchset without that configuration work, the Omnia 434/PA is a traditional egg-shaped knob latchset in solid brass with a 3 inch projection in passage/hall/closet function, and the Baldwin Estate 5011 Colonial is a passage knob with the 5058 rose. Both land in the same traditional brass look with a fixed knob and rose pairing.

For a passage knob carrying a Grade 2 rating, the Arrow MK01 and Arrow RK01 are both Grade 2 non-keyed passage cylindrical knob locks for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches, the RK01 with a ball knob. The Corbin Russwin CK4410 is a Grade 2 passage/closet cylindrical lock with a Global knob over the same thickness range, the Dexter C2000 is a Grade 2 non-clutching passage ball knob lock, and the Pamex FTF Baron is a Grade 3 passage knob lockset for the same doors. These are utility-finish commercial knobs rather than the decorative brass shape of the Norwich.

All three are residential passage knobs, but they differ in how the knob and rose are specified. The Norwich is a brass knob that can be ordered with any brass rosette, across seven rosette shapes and ten finishes. The Baldwin Estate 5000 arrives preconfigured - a 2 inch Baltimore knob with 5048 rose, 2-3/8 inch backset and full lip strike - and the Baldwin Estate 5011 Colonial pairs with the 5058 rose. Bravura sets are fixed pairings with a rating: the Dallas comes with rectangle trim in US4 satin brass at Grade 2, and the Albany and Lynchburg come with round trim at Grade 2. The Norwich is the one you configure; the others ship as a set combination.

The Norwich is a residential knobset, so it suits apartment interiors, offices and unit doors rather than a graded commercial spec. Where a facility standard calls for one platform across every function, a commercial line covers passage, storeroom and entrance from the same series: the Sargent 8XG04 is a Grade 1 heavy duty storeroom/closet knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset, the Sargent 6G04 is a Grade 2 storeroom/closet knob lock, and the BEST 8K is a Grade 1 heavy duty entrance function knob lock. Use the Norwich for the decorative interior doors and a graded line for the corridor and back-of-house openings.

No. The Sargent 28C-KNOB is exit device trim with a knob and rose for 1-3/4 inch doors, the Sargent 78-2875 is an outside knob only with B design, and the Imperial USA ED-BKL580 is knob trim in storeroom function - all three mount to an exit device or an existing lock body and have no latch of their own. The Norwich is a complete tubular set with latch and strike that goes into a standard 2-1/8 inch bored door. Trim ordered for a bored opening will not operate the door.

The Norwich is a non-keyed passage set, so it never secures an opening. Where a door needs controlled access without issuing keys, the Lockey 3830 is a mechanical keyless combination knob lock with an auto-locking passage function, fitting doors 1 3/16 to 2 inches thick. It operates as a passage knob once the code is entered but relocks on its own, which the Norwich does not do.

Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) is bare brass with no clear coat, so it darkens and patinas with handling, which is the point of specifying it. If you want it to stay put, the two Lifetime finishes, Polished Brass Lifetime (US3) and Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), are the ones that hold their appearance. The knob body and rosettes are solid brass either way.

A passage set is the active, latching half of the pair; a dummy is the fixed knob with no latch behind it, used on the inactive leaf or on a false door. If you need a dummy to sit alongside this, the Omnia 434/0 and 442/00 are traditional solid brass single dummy knobs, the Bravura Biloxi is a Grade 2 dummy with round trim, and the Schlage A170 is a Grade 2 single dummy trim for 1-3/8 to 1-7/8 inch doors.

When one order needs to cover both the closet and the entry on the same door style, the Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob is a combo pack with adjustable backsets and dual strikes for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches. The Norwich instead is ordered per opening as a passage set with the backset chosen at 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inches and any brass rosette, so a matched suite is built by specifying the same knob and rosette in each function rather than pulling a packaged combo.