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Our area of Sheffield is mainly student flats and offices these days – apart from our workshop. However, the district’s slick present-day appearance belies a fascinating industrial past.
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Blackhorse Lane Ateliers is the famed London jeans-maker. We spoke to BLA’s founder, Han Ates, to learn of the techniques, materials and philosophy that go into an exemplary pair of craft jeans.
Haute couture badge-maker The Trendy 7 has crafted a beautiful pin-badge celebrating Ernest Wright tailor shears. We spoke to the brand’s founder and kingpin, Lucas Cruz Bueno, to learn the story behind ‘The Shears Pin’.
The UK’s globally prominent embroidery institution, the Royal School of Needlework, celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2022. We spoke to the school’s Chief Executive, Dr Susan Kay-Williams.
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From the 1960s till the 2000s, Ernest Wright continually produced scissors from its own Kutrite Works factory. Now, with the completion of an exciting business deal, those bright days are coming back.
The home of handmade scissors Read More »
Ernest Wright has won the inaugural President’s Award for Endangered Crafts in this year’s Heritage Crafts Awards.
Winners of the 2020 Heritage Crafts Awards Read More »
Let us start by saying we’re astounded at the support our customers have given us during this most complicated of summers. Despite long wait times on many of our scissors, your backorders have kept pouring in and keeping us more than busy. This has given our younger putters the impetus to grow, while master-putters Cliff
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Over the last year, we’ve been awaiting the right opportunity to bring back a classic kitchen scissor, the Kutrite. Now, a breakthrough is near. Ernest Wright has teamed up with a tool and die specialist who shares our vision…
Bringing back the Kutrite Read More »
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AFTER MY SCISSORS? Always store scissors dry, and maybe keep them wrapped in some clean-dry absorbent material. We use carbon steel (not stainless) for our cloth-cutting products as we find carbon steel holds a sharp edge better and for longer; however, it does not mix too well with moisture.
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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.
Transforming ‘junk’ into high-end bags Read More »