Emtek Designer Brass Crystal Knobsets - Old Town Knob, Dummy (Pair)

A dummy knob like the Emtek Old Town is surface mounted with no latch, so it will not hold a door closed. For a latching hall or closet door, passage function knobs include the Omnia 434/PA egg-shaped knob latchset in solid brass with a 3 inch projection, the Baldwin Estate 5011 Colonial passage knob with 5058 rose, and the Dexter C2000 Series Grade 2 passage cylindrical ball knob for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. All three require a bored door prep and a latch, unlike the surface mounted Emtek dummy.

They serve the same purpose on the door but differ in build and mounting. The Schlage A170 is a Grade 2 heavy duty cylindrical non-keyed single dummy trim in the A Series, rated for 1-3/8 to 1-7/8 inch doors. The Emtek Old Town dummy is a residential brass knobset for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, surface mounted with no door prep, and supplied as a pair. Choose the A170 where a commercial series and ANSI grade are specified; choose the Emtek where a glass knob on a decorative brass rosette is the design intent.

Three rosettes, Rope, Lancaster, and Ribbon and Reed, each offered in seven finishes: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), and French Antique (US7). The rosettes and knob bases are brass, with the glass crystal knob on top.

Yes. A split finish option is available at order entry, so you can run one finish on the hall side and a different one on the room side. Enter the two finishes you want in the split finish field, and use the comments field for anything else the order needs.

They will if the rest of your openings use Emtek brass rosettes. The Old Town knob can be ordered on any of the brass rosettes, so you can carry the same Rope, Lancaster, or Ribbon and Reed rose and the same finish across passage, privacy, and dummy doors and only the function changes behind the trim.

They are catalogued residential, and a dummy knob carries no ANSI grade because it has no latch to test. For commercial corridors and multifamily common areas, a graded cylindrical lock is the right call, such as the Grade 1 Schlage D10S passage or the Grade 2 BEST 6K single dummy trim where you just need matching trim on an inactive leaf.

The Emtek Old Town is a surface mounted residential dummy pair with no latch, so it is not the hardware to specify where a fire rated opening needs a latching lock. Fire rated knob locks in the same knob format include the Falcon W101 Grade 2 medium duty passage knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset and the Falcon X101 Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset with interchangeable core, both of which carry a fire rating.

The Bravura Biloxi dummy knobset with round trim is a Grade 2 dummy knob and the Cal-Royal BA40 is a dummy knob cylindrical lock in the Barrington BA Series rated for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, matching the Emtek Old Town door thickness range. Both are plain metal knob designs rather than the glass knob on a brass rosette the Emtek uses, so they are functional substitutes but not a visual match if the rest of the house is Emtek crystal.

The Emtek Old Town crystal knobset is non-keyed dummy only. Keyed knob options include the Deltana 6901 Portland entry knob for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, the Deltana 3381 Egg knob entry for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the Kwikset 400P-CP Polo keyed entry knob, a Grade 3 entrance function for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. These are bored-prep locks with a cylinder, so the door needs a standard cylindrical prep the dummy does not require.

The Emtek Old Town crystal knobset covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. For thicker doors, the Deltana 6171 Round knob entry and Deltana 3381 Egg knob entry are rated 1-3/8 to 2 inch, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 Grade 1 passage knob is rated 1-3/8 to 2 inch, and the Falcon X101 Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset goes to 2-1/4 inch. Note these are latching or entry functions rather than dummy trim.