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The home of handmade scissors
From the 1960s till the 2000s, Ernest Wright continually produced scissors from its own Kutrite Works factory – first on Smithfield, and later at Kelham Island. Now, with the completion of an exciting business deal, those bright days are coming back.
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Craft & Heritage
The Heritage Crafts Association recognised our traditional craftsmanship by awarding us the inaugural HCA President’s Award for Endangered Crafts.
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The Kutrite is coming back!
We stepped into our adventure with Ernest Wright for one reason above all: we had fallen in love with the flat kitchen scissors called the Kutrite. After four years of talking about this lost pattern, we can finally announce that the Kutrite is coming back!
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Fulfilling backorders
Our production capacity remains below normal, due to effects of the coronavirus. There is now a wait time of around ten weeks on our scissors and shears – and we are beyond grateful to see that customers are continuing to place backorders.
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Your Support
Like many companies, Ernest Wright has faced challenges during the coronavirus crisis. We chose to look on the bright side of this situation, by taking it as an opportunity to let our young putters develop.
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Transforming ‘junk’ into high-end bags
Millions of tonnes of waste are sent to landfill each year. But what if we could turn that junk into useful, everyday items? That’s the mission of Neil Wragg, founder of Ragsto and resident artisan on BBC1’s Money for Nothing.
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HCA: Supporting crafts to thrive
Craft heritage is the activity of using traditional materials and knowledge to practice a craft and continue it for successive generations. They emerge from a need, a place and the materials found at that location. A rich craft heritage reflects local skill, knowledge and community identity. But crafts become extinct when needs change, manufacture is…
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The seamstress promoting fair fashion
Modern fashion moves fast. People are buying more and more, but clothes are worn less and discarded faster than ever before. Nowadays, clothes have increasingly short lifespans because of the poor-quality, blended fabrics used.
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Keeping the heritage alive
I am fanatical about high-quality and handmade products. When you own something that’s handmade, it has a different feeling. You’re aware of the hours and effort that have gone into production and the years of skill and experience that make it possible.
