Comments on: Weird doorknob

By: Oyster Boy

Oyster Boy — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:18:46 +0000

Nice knob. Our house has a knob like this. Not in the Mission. Not in the US. Not in Europe. Ours doesn’t have a giant bar, it just locks via the deadbolt. The knob is kinda superfluous since I use the key in the deadbolt to pull it shut or push it open. But sometimes I hold the knob. Our knob is fancier than that one, and probably older.

By: Oyster Boy

Oyster Boy — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:11:49 +0000

Cool. Or as they said last time I checked, sick. I haven’t checked lately.

By: Gryphonisle

Gryphonisle — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:18:12 +0000

Travel more. Weird is relative. Door handles in Europe alone could fill a cloud.

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:39:13 +0000

Haven’t you ever watched vintage American movies? Knobs in the center of the door are nothing out of the ordinary. You weren’t paying attention.

By: slobdog

slobdog — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 02:00:46 +0000

Door knobs like this make more sense. To open/close the door from the knob you don’t have to move your hand as far. It’s like a high gear on your bike. So kudos to whoever had this door made this way.

By: Little Eva Destruction

Little Eva Destruction — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 06:45:09 +0000

See, that’s the thing: anyone who claims to be a Mission native — born, raised and lived here always — probably misses out on knowing stuff like this. Still feel special?

By: Salsa Shark

Salsa Shark — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 06:23:53 +0000

10 Downing Street has one of these. Definitely an old school European thing.

By: stiiv

stiiv — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:55:07 +0000

It leads to the world’s most excellent dive bar. Where the conversation is exactly as philosophical as you are drunk and the girls are nice but not so good looking it stresses you out.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:48:55 +0000

Yeah, doorknobs like that are pretty common in Europe. Generally they do not actually turn, they’re just handles, effectively. The door is latched/unlatched through the lock, not the knob.

By: Grego

Grego — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:42:22 +0000

Aintcha ever seen a hobbit hole before?

By: Troll

Troll — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:22:06 +0000

Not weird – just Spanish.

By: raceycarr

raceycarr — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:05:26 +0000

doorknobs like this have been all the rage in europe for the past 400 years.

By: Tuffy

Tuffy — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:40:07 +0000

My friend’s studio in New York had a door like this. I don’t know if this wors the same way but his door had two bars running vertically through the middle of the door that acted like a deadbolt at the top and bottom. Turning the knob would retract them. It’s supposedly much harder to kick in a door like this.