Emtek Designer Brass Knobsets - Lancaster Knob, Passage Set

Yes, up to 2-1/4 inches with standard 2-1/8 inch bore prep, which covers the thicker solid-core and older doors that stop a lot of residential hardware. There is a door thickness field on the order for exactly that reason, so state the actual thickness when you place it. For reference on how unusual that range is, most comparable passage knobs top out at 1-3/4 inches, like the Arrow MK01 and the Dexter C2000 passage knob.

Backset is a required selection, and both 2-3/8 and 2-3/4 inch are offered. Measure from the door edge to the center of the bore hole: 2-3/8 inches is typical on residential interior doors, 2-3/4 inches shows up on heavier or commercial-style openings. The standard latch ships for 2-3/8 inches, so if your prep is 2-3/4 you have to call it out on the order.

Complete set. The Lancaster passage knobset includes the latch and the strike plate, so nothing else is required to hang it on a prepped door. The latch faceplate comes round corner or square corner to match the existing mortise in your door edge, which matters on a retrofit, since a square-corner pocket left by an old latch will show gaps around a round faceplate.

This is a residential-duty solid brass knobset, and it is not carrying a commercial cylindrical lock grade. For a leasing office, a corridor, or anywhere taking real traffic, step up to a graded cylindrical passage lock: the Schlage D10S is Grade 1 heavy duty, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 is Grade 1 and covers 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, and the Corbin Russwin CK4410 or Dexter C2000 passage knob are Grade 2 options. Keep the Lancaster for unit interiors and single-family work where the look is the point.

Passage has no locking mechanism at all, so for a bedroom or bath you need a privacy set with a thumbturn rather than this one. Emtek builds the Lancaster in privacy as well, so the knob and rose match across the doors. If you are looking at other lines, Baldwin Estate offers privacy in the 5077 Bethpage knob with R027 rose and the Estate 5000 Baltimore with the 5148 rose, and Deltana has the 6112 St. Thomas knob in privacy for 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors.

No. The Lancaster passage set is a working latchset sold complete with latch and strike plate, so the knob retracts a latch and holds the door closed. A dummy knob is surface trim with no latch at all, for a fixed leaf or a ball-catch door: the Omnia 434/0 egg-shaped single dummy, the Omnia 458/0 single dummy with a 2-3/8 inch backset, the Schlage A170 Grade 2 single dummy trim for 1-3/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch doors, and the BEST 6K single dummy trim, a Grade 2 medium duty knob, all fall in that group. If the door has a 2-1/8 inch cross bore already cut and needs to latch, the passage set is the match, not a dummy.

The Emtek Lancaster passage knob is a solid brass American Designer knob set. Two peers sit in the same decorative brass space: the Omnia 434/PA is a traditional egg-shaped knob latchset in solid brass with a 3 inch projection and passage/hall/closet function, and the Baldwin Estate 5011 Colonial is a passage knob furnished with the 5058 rose. The Baldwin Estate 5000 Baltimore passage set is a preconfigured 2 inch knob with the 5048 rose, 2-3/8 inch backset and a full lip strike. The Lancaster differs in that the knob can be ordered against ten rosette designs including Lancaster, Quincy, Watford, Wilshire, Ribbon and Reed and Rope, where the Baldwin sets pair one knob to one specified rose.

The Emtek Lancaster passage knob is a residential tubular set in solid brass, so it is specified by finish and rosette rather than by an ANSI grade. When a grade has to appear on the submittal, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 is a Grade 1 passage/closet cylindrical lock with a Global knob and a 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch door thickness range, and the Schlage D10S is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage latch with an Orbit knob. Both are non-keyed passage function like the Lancaster, so the door swings and latches the same way; what changes is the knob design and the rated cylindrical chassis.

The Lancaster passage set is non-keyed passage function, meaning the knob always turns and the door never locks. For a bed or bath opening the Baldwin Estate 5000 Baltimore privacy knob uses the 5148 rose with a 2-3/8 inch backset and full lip strike, the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas is a privacy knob for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Pamex FTF Baron privacy is a Grade 3 set for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Note that Emtek's STRETTO rosette takes a 1-1/4 inch bore and a 2-hole door prep when thumbturn privacy is used, so privacy and passage preps are not always identical.

The Lancaster passage set is non-keyed and has no cylinder. For a keyed opening in a residential-looking knob, the Deltana 6901 Portland is an entry knob for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors and the Deltana 3381 Egg knob entry covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. On the commercial side the Corbin Russwin CK4851 is an entrance/office cylindrical lock with a conventional cylinder and a Global knob for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Kwikset 400P-CP Polo keyed entry is a Grade 3 set for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch with an adjustable round corner latch.

For a fire rated opening, two passage knobs in the set carry a fire rating: the Falcon W101 is a Grade 2 medium duty cylindrical passage/closet knob lock furnished with a 2-3/4 inch backset, and the Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knobset with an interchangeable core covering 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. Both are passage function, so the door behaves the same as it would with the Lancaster; the difference is the rated chassis and, on the X101, the wider door thickness range and the IC core prep.

The Emtek Lancaster passage knob is specified for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. When the leaf is thicker, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 Grade 1 passage/closet lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Falcon X101 Grade 1 passage knobset covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. On the decorative side, the Deltana 6171 Round knob and Deltana 3381 Egg knob are entry function and cover 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, so they suit a thicker door where the opening also needs to key.

CF stands for the concealed fastener mechanism: the rosettes mount with no exposed screws on the face, so you see a clean plate on the door instead of two screw heads. Choose it where the hardware is on display. The CF mechanism includes the 28 degree rotation latch. If you would rather not pay for the concealed rosette, the 28 degree latch can also be ordered on its own, and there is a standard latch as the third choice.

Yes, the Lancaster knob can be ordered with any brass rosette in the line. Ten rose styles are available: #8, Lancaster, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Ribbon and Reed, Rope, Watford, and Wilshire. That is how you match knobs to whatever rose shape is already running through the rest of the house, or run one rose family across every door while varying the knob.

Seven finishes: French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Pewter (US15A), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Polished Chrome (US26), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). Split finish is an option too, so you can run one finish on the hall side and another inside the room, which is common where a dark hallway meets a bright bathroom. Note that Unlacquered Brass is meant to patina over time rather than stay bright.

No handing to specify. It is a tubular passage knobset, non-keyed, with the knob turning freely from both sides, so the same set works on a left hand or right hand door. What you do have to get right at order time is the backset, 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch, and the latch faceplate corner, round or square.

For back-of-house openings the Pamex FTF Baron is a Grade 3 passage knob lockset for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Dexter C2000 is a Grade 2 non-clutching passage ball knob for the same thickness range. The Kwikset 200P Polo passage knob ships with a 6AL latch and RCS round corner strike. All three are fixed configurations; the Emtek Lancaster is ordered by choosing finish, rosette and latch style, and it covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors as well, so a mixed order can hold the same thickness prep across decorative and utility openings.

The Lancaster passage set is adjustable to either a 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset, with 2-3/8 inch supplied as standard, so a 2-3/4 inch bore is handled by specifying that backset on the order. Among the peers, the Falcon W101 Grade 2 passage/closet knob lock is furnished with a 2-3/4 inch backset, and the Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob combo pack ships with adjustable backsets and dual strikes for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors.

The Emtek Lancaster passage set can be ordered with the CF Mechanism, where the rosettes carry no exposed screws, and that option includes the 28 Degree latch. Among the comparable passage knobs, the concealed-fastener rose is specific to the Emtek build; the Bravura Albany and Bravura Lynchburg are Grade 2 passage knobsets with round trim, and the Bravura Dallas is a Grade 2 passage knobset with rectangle trim in US4 Satin Brass, if the trim shape rather than the fastener detail is what drives the choice.

The Emtek Lancaster passage knob is offered in Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Pewter (US15A) and French Antique (US7), and split finishes can be specified when the two sides of the door need to differ. If the scheme is satin brass rather than nickel or bronze, the Bravura Dallas passage knobset is furnished in US4 Satin Brass. Matching by US code across a floor is the reliable way to keep replacement knobs consistent with what is already hung.

Yes. The Lancaster is passage function, so it does not secure anything. The Lockey 3830 is a mechanical keyless combination knob lock with an auto-locking passage function, for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch thick. It gives you a knob that operates like a passage set from the inside while requiring a code on entry, which suits a storage or utility room where issuing keys is the problem.

The Lancaster passage knob is a residential brass set, well suited to guest-facing and unit interior doors. For the back-of-house openings in the same building, the Sargent 8XG04 is a Grade 1 heavy duty storeroom/closet knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset and single cylinder, the Sargent 6G04 is a Grade 2 standard duty storeroom/closet knob lock, and the BEST 8K is a Grade 1 heavy duty entrance function single cylinder knob lock. Splitting the building this way keeps the decorative brass where it is seen and the rated cylindrical chassis on the service doors.

The Arrow MK01 is a Grade 2 non-keyed cylindrical passage knob lock in the MK Series for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Arrow RK01 is the same grade and function with a ball knob. The Emtek Lancaster covers the same 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch range and the same passage function, but it is a residential brass tubular set built around interchangeable rosettes and seven finishes. Choose by what the door is asked to do: a rated cylindrical chassis with a stock knob, or a brass set specified to a design.