What Sullivan Glove Company is known for
Deerskin, elk, and bison work and riding gloves, hand-cut in Oregon since 1941.
Sullivan Glove Company has been cutting and stitching leather gloves in Bend, Oregon since 1941, and its own site describes it plainly as "one of the last US glove makers." Eighty-plus years in, the company still runs on the same commitment it states outright: "enduring craftsmanship since 1941." That longevity matters in a trade where most American glove factories closed or moved production overseas decades ago; Sullivan kept its cutting and sewing at home.
The range is built around hide, not novelty: deerskin, elkskin, bison, and goat, worked into form-fitting patterns across classic, motorcycle, work, hunting, rodeo and ranch, and cold-weather lines, plus a wool category and footwear. Named pieces like the Deerskin Roper, Elk Roper, and Buffalo Shorty read as working gloves first — cut for grip and wear rather than styled as accessories — and a limited-run cowhide wildland fire glove signals a maker still supplying real occupational use, not just heritage retail.
For a directory built on trade rather than branding, Sullivan is a straightforward case: a small-town American manufacturer that never stopped making the thing it started with. Best suited to anyone after genuine American work and riding leather, hide-specific and pattern-cut rather than mass die-cut.
Best for — Deerskin, elk, and bison work and riding gloves
USA
Where next
- Pacha Textiles — Peru
- Vellon Negro — Argentina
- Cushendale Woollen Mills — Ireland
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