I ran across some by accident at a salvage yard, when I was looking for something else. They had a couple of buckets full of old doorknobs. One thing to be wary of, though, on old knobs is that sometimes they are for old doors with a different mechanism...they don't fit newer doors.

For example, I got some beautiful glass door knobs, but I can't put them in my doors. Maybe if I hired someone who knew how to make them work, but then that defeats the purpose of getting them cheap at a salvage yard. I've thought that when I have time, I might fit them into a board and hang it on the wall as a coat hook hangar thing.

It's possible I just lucked out, when I found them, and that salvage yards don't usually have knobs. But I went to a second salvage shop that was nicer (it had nice antique salvaged doors), I think that second shop also had some knobs.

If you're not in a hurry, Lowe's & HD also run storewide sales, which would be a good time to buy anything. Black Friday comes to mind. These stores might also price match, if you can find a better price on, say, Amazon for the same knob.

What is "really expensive" and what brand are you looking at? It's pretty relative, but in reality you can't get much cheaper in price than the lower price points offered at home depot.

The cheapest ones I've found are $25 each, which adds up to $150 for only 6 doors, plus the hinges, plus another $20 for the pocket door locking handle, which is of course not in store. I didn't know if there was a place where you could get a discount for buying a lot at once? I planned on staking out the black friday sales. The only downside is that some of them are actually breaking now, so I have to replace them soonish. I'm hoping they hold out for the next month.

Not all are pictured in the right finish but these come up as "chromes" and "privacy"

Here is a link that might be useful: Handlesets.com

There are cheaper ones at HD & Lowes. Take a closer look in-store and online.

Kwikset Tylo at HD or Lowes should be in the $10-$15 range and they would be about the least expensive I have seen except for possible a Chinese import that you buy online.

Hi Kelli C........... our home in 85 years old. We have purchased many, many items on Amazon.com. Just type in what you're looking for and you'll come up with every company that sells it. We saw VERY expensive lighting fixtures at Restoration Hardware (high end store here in the Twin Cities). We then went to Amazon, typed in the name.... and voila..... got the SAME fixture for 65% off direct from the manufacturer.

I bought a bunch of Schlage chrome doorknobs on Amazon.com and Handlesets.com. Very satisfied with both purchases. But they still came out around $20-25 per set, which was about 50% off Home Depot prices.

I'm in Canada so shipping and duty make things pricey here, but I still shop a lot online.

Try ebay. We bought brand new satin nickel interior door knob sets for around $8-10 each.

Try your local lumber yard. Since you are buying a large qty ask them to knock off some $$ for paying cash.

Try your local lumber yard. Since you are buying a large qty ask them to knock off some $$ for paying cash.

Or, buy metal paint and "refinish" what you already have.

Pinsey, how did you figure out who was the manufacture of the RH lights? I just bought a bathroom fixture and pendants from RH during their 30% off lighting sale. We might need one or two more items. Do you have to find the product in the store and look for something inside it with the name on it?

Thanks

kirkhall, I did refinish the hinges, but besides being ugly most of the doorknobs don't really work anymore. I found a lot on Amazon for $5 - $10 each, so I ordered them. They should be here this week!

Well done!