Install a single handle with latch on closet door

Question

I have a pantry door that has a dummy handle (a handle that looks like a normal door handle but is not connected to a latch). The door stays closed using a fairly shoddy catch like this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042YFBBS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_l81HwbGC94ZJ9

I'd like the door to open and close like a normal door, but I don't want a handle on both sides of the door. Besides cutting a spot for the latch on the door, and the strike plate on the frame, do I need to buy a special door handle system for this? Or can I pull this off with a standard handle system somehow?

Answer 1

If you put a conventional door handle latch system on the pantry door you will want to have a working knob on the inside in the event someone gets shut inside the pantry!!

If the pantry is as you say a closet that no-one could get into then you certainly can install what is known as a "one sided door knob". Google it - you will find a plethora of ideas.