I finally got around to replacing the handleset on my front door.  The old one worked, but I wanted to install one of slightly better quality.  The old one was also pretty well worn.

I had some difficulty in getting the old handle set off of the door.  It had bonded to the paint so strongly that I thought someone had actually glued it onto the door.  Turns out that it was just really stuck, it came off okay once I got a bit of a lever arm onto it.

You can still see the outline of the old one.  I suppose I’ll add “paint the front door” to my list of things which need to get done.  🙂