American Hat
Founded in the 70's, American Hat specializes in hand-made leather hats of victorian, steampunk and western styles. Made in the USA.
Gary Waltrous launched the American Hat Makers company in the early 70’s. With only forty dollars’ worth of leather and leather-working tools to his name, he began crafting belts, wallets, handbags that he would sell right from the back of his station wagon. Around the mid-seventies, it occurred to him to try his hand at crafting a leather hat for his personal use. He ended up liking it so much, he then completely re-oriented his business and made of hat-making his vocation and main artistic outlet. American Hat Makers offers a wide range of hats evoking the western, steampunk and victorian aesthetics, each one of them made unique by the creativity of their finish.