A.Wright & Sons, Sheffield

 

The old Sheffield family business of A.Wright & Sons Ltd was originally registered in 1947 as Arthur Wrights, a traditional Sheffield Pen and Pocket Knife manufacturer. A Wright & Sons Ltd developed into the principal provider of knife manufacturing supplies in Sheffield, a position it continues to hold in Sheffield to this day.  A.Wright & Sons Ltd also offers a comprehensive range of stylish English pocketknives and fixed blades in its own right. The firm specialises in  manufacturing the ever popular traditional-style Sheffield-made practical bladeware in the tried & proved knife patterns from the past, when the functional reliability of a knife really counted throughout the British Commonwealth. Only top quality high carbon bladesteel is used.

All A.Wright & Sons knives are still individually hand crafted by apprentice-trained Sheffield Cutlers, using methods passed down from generation to generation. Every process, from blanking out the blades and springs, hardening and tempering, assembly, grinding and glazing - right up to the final polishing, is all done in-house. This gives Wright's a guaranteed quality control through every step of the process of knife making.

Old English-style utilitarian pocketknives that exude functionality. Hand-made bladeware in traditional patterns - as useful today as they ever were.  Satin-polished (2.4-mm thick) blades ground from best quality EN9 carbon steel (not stainless steel). Handles fitted with hard Rosewood handle scales, furnished with polished nickel silver bolsters and brass liners & pins. Like all good working tools made from high carbon steel, keep them clean and lightly oiled and remember to oil the joints...just like Grandad did.
 
 

WR80: Backlock Old style like grandand had! Robust folding lock knife with old style tried & proved locking mechanism. Has a 9-cm clip-point blade and a practical-not-tactical security shackle on the handle butt.  9-cm clip-point  Length closed 12-cm.  Weight 92-gm	click here for a closer look $79.00 + $8.00 post
WR115: Saynor:  Robust and reliable with buttcap. A unique serpentine shaped pattern advanced by mainly pruning knife manufacturer Samuel Saynor of Sheffield. This substantial model with a 7-cm blade and flat butt-cap (open or closed, the pocketknife will stand upright on the flat cap) is extremely versatile, adapting to all sorts of cutting applications.    7-cm blade Length closed 10.5-cm.  Weight 84-gm.	click here for a closer look $65.00 + $8.00 post
WR60: Barlow-Bunny Long and strong bolster. The WR60 has the characteristic Barlow big bolster, the style of which stems from the Barlow family of cutlers in Stannington, Sheffield. Aussies like to call this model the ‘Bunny Knife’.  7-cm clip-point blade Length closed 9-cm.  Weight 77-gm.	click here for a closer look $56.00 + $8.00 post
WR106  Ettrick: Stylish & practical with the classic serpentine shape that characterises the traditional Ettrick shepherd style of pocketknife believed to have originated in the English-Scottish border country.  6-cm blade Length closed 10-cm  Weight 51-gm.	click here for a closer look $53.00 + $8.00 post
WR33 Real Lambfoot  ... real, because it is larger than nornal and better able to take on tougher farm and cutting tasks. The farm & station worker! 8-cm Blade  Length closed 10.5-cm	click here for a closer look $55.00 + $8.00 post
WR70 Farmers Sheepfoot Tough-ask taskmaster. A pocketknife equally at home on a farm, in the yard or in 'the field'. Ideal for rope and twine cutting.  7-cm Blade 9 cm closed	click here for a closer look $54.00 + $8.00 post
WR41 Spear & Pen  Two spear-point blades. These bladeshapes are as old as pocketknives themselves. Versatile cutters and piercers. 7-cm Spear blade 5.5cm Pen Blade 9.5-cm closed + shackle  'Red' rosewood handle	click here for a closer look $69.00 + $8.00 post

Post: Single item $8.00, combined post $11.00 
Quotes provided  for registered & insured across Australia.
International post quoted.

"Workbacking' pocketknives is the Sheffield speciality of intricately working the backs of springs and blade-backs with a variety of richly 'chased' patterns using watchmakers files and tiny polishing wheels. This skill, which can only be carried out by hand, elevates top shelf pocketknives into objets d'art. 
• Mirror-polished high-carbon blades
• polished buffalo horn scales
• polished nickel silver bolsters and pins
• decorative brass lines. 
• Tangs stamped A.WRIGHT Sheffield England

60B  Bunny $139.00  +  $8.00 post click here for a closer look	131B Lambsfoot $139.00 +  $8.00 post click here for a closer look
106B  Ettrick $139.00 +  $8.00 post click here for a closer look	107B Ettrick $139.00  +  $8.00 post click here for a closer look
WR60B Bunny & Pen $175.00 +  $8.00 post   click here for a closer look	WR41B Spear & Pen $175.00  +  $8.00 post click here for a closer look

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Specialist Importers of FACTORY-MADE KNIVES, 
AUSTRALIAN KNIVES  and REGIONAL BLADEWARE.

Australasian Knife Collectors (AKC) (reg 1990) - AKC Mailorder Knives
A division of Matrose Agencies Pty Ltd : ABN 31889808304

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PO BOX 149 CHIDLOW WA 6556  AUSTRALIA
TEL: (08) 9572 7255    International - + 61 8 9572 7255 FAX : (08) 9572 7266  International - + 61 8 9572 7266

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