Emtek Modern Designer Brass Knobset - Bern Knob, Dummy (Pair)

No boring needed. The Bern dummy pair is surface mounted, so it screws to the face of the door with no cross bore and no latch prep. That is what makes it the usual pick for a closet door, a pantry, or the inactive leaf of a double door where nothing has to latch. If the door is already bored for a standard tubular lock, a dummy pair will not cover or use that hole, so you would want a passage set instead.

A dummy knob doesn't turn and has no latch. It's a pull, held on by surface-mounted screws. A passage knob turns and retracts a latch to hold the door closed. If you need the door to stay shut, order a passage set (the Schlage A Series dummy trim and the BEST 6K Series dummy trim are the same idea as the Bern, while a Dexter C2000 passage knob or Corbin Russwin CK4410 gives you a working latch). The Bern is non-keyed either way.

The Schlage A170 is a single dummy trim, Grade 2, heavy duty, non-keyed cylindrical knob lock in the A Series, with a 1-3/8 inch to 1-7/8 inch door thickness range. The Emtek Bern dummy knob is a non-keyed dummy in brass, sold as a pair for door thicknesses of 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. The A170 is a single dummy, so a pair of openings or a double door needs two of them to match what the Bern pair covers, and its trim styling is commercial rather than the contemporary brass look of the Bern.

A dummy knob does not latch. The Emtek Bern dummy is surface mount with no door prep and no latch. For a door that has to hold shut, a passage knob is the substitute: the Pamex FTF Baron is a Grade 3 passage knob lockset for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, the Dexter C2000 passage is a Grade 2 non-clutching ball knob for the same thickness range, and the Corbin Russwin CK4410 is a Grade 2 passage/closet cylindrical lock with a Global knob for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors.

The Emtek Bern knob in dummy function has no locking mechanism and is non-keyed. For a bed or bath door, the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas is a privacy knob for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, the Pamex FTF Baron is a Grade 3 privacy knob lockset for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Baldwin Estate 5077 Bethpage is a privacy knob with an R027 rose.

The Emtek Bern dummy knob covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. For thicker stock, the Deltana 6171 Round Knob entry and Deltana 3381 Egg Knob entry cover 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 Grade 1 passage/closet covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Falcon X101 Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. These are latching or keyed functions rather than dummy trim.

The Emtek Bern dummy is a residential surface mount knob with no door prep and no latch, so it does not carry a fire rating. Where a fire rating is required, the Falcon W101 is a Grade 2 medium duty cylindrical knob lock with passage/closet latch function, a 2-3/4 inch backset and a fire rating, and the Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage knobset with an interchangeable core and a fire rating for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch.

Six backplate choices: Disk, Modern, Modern Rectangular, Neos, Square, and Urban Modern. The knob itself is the same; the rosette is what you match to the rest of the openings, so if you already run Emtek Square rosettes elsewhere in the house you can keep that line consistent on the closet doors too.

Seven finishes: Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). A split finish is an option at order time, so you can run one finish on the hall side and another on the room side. Unlacquered brass is raw and will patina with handling; the lacquered and plated finishes hold their look.

Handing doesn't apply. A dummy pair has no latch and no turn, so the same set goes on a left- or right-hand door and on either side of a pair of doors. Mounting position on the stile is up to you since there's no bore to line up with.

It's a residential-duty brass knobset, contemporary styling, and it carries no ANSI grade. For a commercial corridor or a high-traffic multi-family opening, a graded cylindrical lock is the right call: Corbin Russwin CK4310 is Grade 1 non-keyed, Falcon X101 is Grade 1 heavy duty covering 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch doors, and Schlage D10S is Grade 1 heavy duty passage. Use the Bern where the look matters and the door is interior residential.

The Cal-Royal BA40 is a dummy knob cylindrical lock in the Barrington BA series for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Bravura Biloxi is a Grade 2 dummy knobset with round trim. Both cover the same dummy function as the Emtek Bern brass knob, which comes as a pair and can be ordered with any brass rosette in finishes including Flat Black US19, Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, Satin Nickel US15 and Unlacquered Brass US3NL. The BA40 and Biloxi come as fixed trim rather than a selectable rosette.

For a free-swinging closet door where the knob is only a pull, dummy trim is the right call and the Emtek Bern dummy pair in brass covers it directly, with rosette choices including Disk, Modern, Modern Rectangular, Neos, Square and Urban Modern. If the closet door needs to stay shut, a latching knob is the swap: the Kwikset 200P Polo passage knob ships with a 6AL latch and RCS round corner strike, and the Bravura Albany is a Grade 2 passage knobset with round trim.

No. The Sargent 78-2875 is an outside knob only with B design from the 7800 Series, which is exit device trim, and the Sargent 28C-KNOB is exit device trim with knob and rose in entrance function for 1-3/4 inch doors. Both mount to an exit device, not to a bare door. The Emtek Bern dummy is a surface mount knob pair with no door prep, intended as fixed trim on a door leaf.

No. It's non-keyed with no cylinder and no latch, so there's nothing to key. For a keyed opening in a knob, the Corbin Russwin CK4851 entrance/office and the Sargent 8XG04 storeroom lock take cylinders; on the residential side, Kwikset's 400P Polo is a keyed entry knob.