Richard S. Wright

Richard S. Wright family is from a small town in Southern Rhode Island, where he was born and grew up, Richard S. Wright has lived here all of his life except for the four years that He spent in the Air Force. Richard S. Wright spent his youth hunting shooting and working around his family’s business which included an Automobile Dealership and two working farms. Some of his earliest playthings came from an abandoned Blacksmith shop which belonged to his Grandfather. Richard S. Wright didn’t really learn how to forge until much later in life, but the experience instilled in his an interest in learning the metalworking trades.

He has been making folding knives since 1991, at which time he created his first automatic. The folders he makes are all one of a kind, but he does occasionally duplicate a style using designs that range from large folding fighters to small gents pocket knives.