On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:03:58 -0600, dpb wrote:

If all else fails, one can always retrofit another latch and do the
necessary refinish work; just hoping to minimize that given the age of
the door and all. I've had to do that before; it's "do-able" but takes
quite a bit of time and effort to get a good match without redoing an
entire door.


.... no arguments here