Emtek Porcelain Knobsets, Ebony Knob, Dummy (Pair)

It is trim only. The 8003 Ebony porcelain knob set is a dummy function, non-keyed, with no latch and no turn. The knobs are fixed and used as pulls on doors that don't need to latch, like closet doors, french door inactive leaves, or pantry doors held by a ball catch or roller catch. If you need the door to stay shut on its own, you need a passage or privacy set instead.

No boring needed. The Ebony porcelain dummy set is surface mount, so it fastens to the face of the door with no cross bore or edge bore prep. That makes it the usual choice for retrofitting an existing unbored door, or adding a pull to a slab that was never drilled.

Yes. The Ebony porcelain dummy set covers doors from 1-3/8 inch up to 1-3/4 inch, which spans both the common older interior slab and standard 1-3/4 inch doors. Anything thicker than 1-3/4 inch falls outside the range.

The Emtek 8003 is a dummy pair and does not latch, so it will not hold a hall or closet door closed. For a latching non-keyed knob, the Omnia 434/PA is an egg-shaped knob latchset in solid brass with a 3 inch projection, the Baldwin Estate 5011 Colonial passage knob uses a 5058 rose, and the Bravura Albany BVR-BV335002 is a Grade 2 passage knobset with round trim. If a bathroom or bedroom needs to lock, the Baldwin Estate 5077 Bethpage privacy knob with R027 rose and the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas privacy knob are privacy function.

The Emtek 8003 is a residential porcelain knob set in dummy function, so it carries no latch and no ANSI grade suitable for a rated commercial opening. For commercial traffic, the Schlage D10S is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage knob lock with an Orbit knob, the Falcon X101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knobset fire rated with an interchangeable core, and the Sargent 8XG04 is a Grade 1 heavy duty storeroom/closet knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset. If the commercial door needs dummy trim only, the Schlage A170 is a Grade 2 single dummy trim and the BEST 6K-1DT is a Grade 2 single dummy trim.

The Emtek 8003 covers doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick and is surface mounted with no door prep. For thicker leaves, the Corbin Russwin CK4310 Grade 1 passage/closet lock and the Deltana 6171 Round Knob entry both cover 1-3/8 to 2 inches, and the Falcon X101 Grade 1 passage knobset covers 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inches. Those are bored locksets and require door prep, unlike the surface-mounted 8003.

Four rosette styles: Porcelain, Rope, Lancaster, and Ribbon and Reed. Any brass rosette Emtek offers can be ordered with the knob, so you can match the rose profile already used on other openings in the house.

Seven metal finishes on the rosette and hardware: Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), and Polished Chrome (US26). Each of those is available with all four rosette styles. The knob itself is Ebony porcelain regardless of the finish you pick.

No. The Ebony porcelain knob set is a residential product, built on brass with a porcelain knob and a dummy function. For a commercial corridor, closet, or apartment turn where a graded lock is specified, look at something like the BEST 6K Series Grade 2 dummy trim or the Schlage A170 Grade 2 dummy.

The 8003 Ebony knob is part of Emtek's Glass and Porcelain collection, and the same knob design is offered in passage and privacy functions on tubular locksets, so you can run the dummy on inactive french door leaves and matching latching sets on the doors that need to close. Ordering the same finish and rosette across all of them keeps the openings consistent.

The Emtek 8003 ships as a complete set with a knob for each face of the door, so it dresses a pair of inactive doors or both sides of one. The Schlage A170 is single dummy trim in the A Series, Grade 2, for door thicknesses of 1-3/8 to 1-7/8 inches, and the BEST 6K-1DT is single dummy trim, Grade 2, medium duty - each of those covers one face. The Omnia 434/0 and 458/0 are also single dummy. Count faces before ordering.

It is not a like-for-like swap. The Emtek 8003 is a non-keyed dummy pair with no latch and no door prep required. The Kwikset 200P Polo is a passage knob for interior hall and closet doors supplied with a 6AL latch and RCS round corner strike, so it operates a latch bolt and needs a bored door. The Kwikset 400P Polo is keyed entry with the same latch and strike. Use the Polo passage or entry where a latching door is involved and the 8003 where the door is inactive or already held by a ball catch.

The Emtek 8003 only covers the dummy openings, since it is a non-keyed dummy pair. To standardize a unit on one look across functions, the Dexter C2000 series runs Grade 2 ball knob locks in passage, privacy, entry/office and classroom, all for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. The Pamex FTF Baron series offers Grade 3 entrance/office, privacy and passage over the same thickness range. The Schlage Residential F500 Plymouth with Georgian knob is a combo pack with adjustable backsets and dual strikes.

Brass. The rosettes and the knob substrate are brass, with the Ebony porcelain forming the knob face. That is the same solid brass construction approach used on traditional dummy sets like the Omnia 442/00 and 458/0.