Kwikset 81208-001-6 Pin Extra Random Cut Keys

They ship already cut. The 81208-001 is a set of extra random cut 6-pin keys, so the cuts are done at the factory to a random bitting rather than left blank. That means they are not keys you take to a shop to duplicate onto, and they will not open a lock you already own unless that lock is rekeyed to match them. Use them the other way around: cut keys in hand first, then key the cylinder to the keys.

No. The Kwikset 81208-001 is a 6 pin extra cut key made for Kwikset cylinders, and the keyway profile will not enter a Schlage C cylinder. For a Schlage C keyway opening the Emtek MS4-KEYBLKC key blank is the part cut to that profile. Keyway families are not interchangeable, so match the key to the cylinder brand and keyway before ordering either one.

An extra cut key such as the Kwikset 81208-001 arrives already cut, so it is ready to hand to a tenant or add to a ring on arrival. A blank such as the Emtek MS4-KEYBLKC key blank arrives uncut and has to be cut on a key machine to an existing key or a code before it will turn anything. If you do not have cutting equipment or a locksmith lined up, that difference decides which of the two you want.

A blank has no bitting on it at all, so it is stock a locksmith cuts to an existing key or to a code. The Kwikset 81208-001 arrives with cuts already in it, at a random bitting. Buy the cut key when you are rekeying a cylinder to a fresh key and just need working keys in hand. Buy a blank, for example the Emtek MS4-KEYBLKC in the Schlage C keyway, when you have a key to duplicate and a machine to do it on.

Not as ordered. Every set comes cut to a random bitting, which is deliberate, they are not matched to any existing key or to each other across orders. To bring a group of doors onto one key, rekey those cylinders to one of these keys rather than expecting the keys to arrive matched.

Sort by the cylinder brand on each door. Doors running Kwikset cylinders take the Kwikset 81208-001 6 pin cut key, which is a residential door hardware key. Doors running a Schlage C keyway take the Emtek MS4-KEYBLKC blank, cut to the key that door already uses. Buying one key for the whole building only works if the cylinders were standardized to a single keyway first.

Residential. The 81208-001 is a residential-line key, so it suits single-family, rental, and multi-family unit doors running Kwikset residential cylinders. For a commercial opening on a Grade 1 or Grade 2 cylinder, key to that cylinder's own system rather than to this.