Emtek Sandcast Bronze Knobsets - Egg Knob, Dummy (Pair)

Neither. Dummy means no latch, no keyway, no privacy turn, so the door will not stay shut on its own and will not secure. Pair it with a ball catch or roller catch if the door needs to hold closed. If you actually want the door to latch, an Emtek passage or privacy Egg knobset is the function to order; for a keyed opening you need an entry function set.

Yes, the Egg dummy set covers 1-3/8 inch through 1-3/4 inch doors, which spans the common older interior slab at 1-3/8 and the standard 1-3/4 inch door. Since it surface mounts, the thickness range is about the fastening, not a spindle length.

It ships as a pair, one knob and rosette for each face of the door, as a complete set. If you only need one side (a closet slab or a cabinet-style door with one usable face), a single dummy is the part to look for instead, such as the Omnia 434/0 egg-shaped single dummy or the Schlage A170 single dummy trim.

The Omnia 434/0 is the nearest match in shape and function: it is a traditional egg-shaped knob single dummy interior lockset in solid brass, and the Emtek Egg knob is a dummy-function knob as well. Both are non-turning trim for a door leaf that carries no latch. The difference is finish family and construction character - the Emtek Egg is sandcast bronze offered in Flat Black Bronze, Medium Bronze and Tumbled White Bronze, while the Omnia is solid brass. If the egg silhouette is what has to match on the other doors, the Omnia 434/0 is the same profile in a different metal.

A dummy knob has no latch and no door prep, so it will not hold a door closed. For a hall or closet door in the same run that needs a latch, the Omnia 434/PA is the egg-shaped knob latchset in the same traditional profile, in passage function with a 3 inch projection. For a plainer latching knob, the Pamex FTF passage lockset is a Grade 3 passage knob for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch thick. Order the dummy for the inactive leaf and the latchset for the leaf that swings.

They serve the same purpose but are not the same item. The Schlage A170 is a Grade 2 heavy duty cylindrical non-keyed dummy trim in the A Series, fitting doors 1-3/8 to 1-7/8 inch. The Emtek Egg dummy is a residential sandcast bronze knob pair for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch. The other distinction that decides orders: the Emtek Egg dummy ships as a pair, two knobs for both faces of a door, while the A170 is single dummy trim, one side only. Count faces before you swap one for the other.

The Emtek Egg dummy knob covers doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch. For a thicker leaf, look at Deltana knobs, which carry a 1-3/8 to 2 inch range: the Deltana 3381 Egg Knob is an entry function in the same egg profile, the 6171 Round Knob is entry function, and the 6112 St. Thomas Knob is privacy function. The 3381 keeps the egg shape if that is what has to match, and its range takes the 2 inch door.

No. The Emtek Egg is a residential dummy knob, non-keyed, with no latch at all. Openings that need a rated cylindrical lock are served by items like the Falcon X101, a Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical passage knobset with a fire rating and a 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch door range, the Schlage D10S Grade 1 heavy duty passage latch in the D Series, or the Sargent 8XG04 Grade 1 heavy duty storeroom knob lock with a 2-3/4 inch backset. Use the Egg knob on residential interior leaves and one of those where a grade is being specified.

No, and this is the most common mix-up on a dummy order. A passage knob turns and retracts a latch: the Arrow MK01 is a Grade 2 passage cylindrical knob lock for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch, and the Corbin Russwin CK4410 is a Grade 2 passage/closet cylindrical lock with a Global knob over the same thickness range. Both need a bored door prep. The Emtek Egg dummy is surface mount with no door prep required and does not turn. If the door swings shut and has to stay shut, the dummy is the wrong part.

Four rosette styles, the #1, #2, #3 and #6, in three sandcast finishes: Flat Black Bronze (FB), Medium Bronze (MB), and Tumbled White Bronze (TWB). The set can be ordered with any Sandcast Bronze rosette, so the rose is how you match the Egg knob to the rest of the sandcast bronze hardware on the opening.

Yes. There is a split finish option at order time, which is how you handle a door where the hallway hardware is one bronze and the room side is another. Enter the two finishes you want in the split finish field. There is also a comments field for anything else the order needs.

The sandcast bronze Egg knob is a residential line. For multi-family corridors, offices, schools or anywhere you need a graded cylindrical lock, look at commercial knob sets like the Corbin Russwin CK4310 (Grade 1 passage) or the Schlage A170 Grade 2 dummy trim. Use the Emtek sandcast on interiors and high-end residential where the cast bronze look is the point.

Yes, and that is the normal way it is specified. The Egg knob is a tubular-type bored lockset design, offered across functions in the same Sandcast Bronze collection, so the dummy on a closet or the inactive leaf of a French pair reads identically to the passage or privacy Egg knob on the bedroom doors. Keep the rosette number and finish the same across the openings and the hardware matches face to face.

Two plainer dummy knobs cover the same job. The Bravura Biloxi with round trim is a Grade 2 dummy knobset, and the BEST 6K Series single dummy trim is a Grade 2 medium duty non-keyed cylindrical dummy knob. Both are non-turning trim like the Emtek Egg dummy, which is a residential knob in the Sandcast Bronze collection with a decorative rosette choice. If the door is an inactive closet leaf nobody looks at twice, the Biloxi or the 6K covers the function without the sandcast finish work.

The Emtek Egg knob is non-keyed dummy function, so it cannot lock. For bedroom and bath doors, privacy-function knobs include the Deltana 6112 St. Thomas Knob for doors 1-3/8 to 2 inch, the Baldwin Estate 5077 Bethpage privacy knob with R027 rose, and the Pamex FTF Baron privacy knob for doors 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch. Pair one of those on the bed and bath openings and keep the Egg dummy on the closet and inactive leaves.

Sandcast bronze is poured into a sand mold, so each knob carries a slightly irregular surface and the finish is in the metal rather than a plated coat. Emtek's Egg knob is bronze, and the three finishes (Flat Black Bronze, Medium Bronze, Tumbled White Bronze) live on that cast surface, which is why they wear rather than flake. That matters on a rustic or timber-frame job where the hardware is meant to look handmade.