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Brand profile
Rose Anvil
Creator-led Utah brand hand-stitching leather wallets, belts and camera harnesses, plus heritage boot collaborations with makers like Nicks.
Salt Lake CityOrigin
UnisexFocus
Workwear / HeritageStyle
$$Price
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What to know about Rose Anvil
The audience came from cutting boots open
Founder Weston Kay's YouTube channels saw boots and wallets in half to show construction, and that teardown work is what built the brand's following.
Small leather goods, not footwear
The core catalog is hand-stitched wallets, micro-adjust belts, camera harnesses, kilties, laces and rings in vegetable-tanned American leather, mostly under $150.
Boots come via Nicks collaboration
Heritage work boots are co-developed with Nicks Handmade Boots and priced far above the rest of the range, so the brand spans two very different tiers.
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Brand facts
Rose Anvil is a Utah-based leather goods brand founded in 2014 by third-generation leatherworker Weston Kay while he was a Utah State University student. It hand-stitches wallets, micro-adjust belts, camera harnesses, boot kilties, laces and rings from vegetable-tanned American leather, and co-develops heritage work boots with Nicks Handmade Boots. Kay's YouTube channels, which cut boots and wallets in half to expose construction, drive its audience. Kay still owns the business outright; most catalog items sell direct under $150, with boot collaborations priced far higher.
- Founded
- 2014
- Origin
- Salt Lake City, United States
- Price
- $$
- Typical prices
- Accessories $15–$50 · Belts $61–$118 · Home goods $20–$25
- Focus
- Unisex
- Styles
- Workwear / Heritage, Minimalist / Contemporary