Mr. Jeffrey Gavere is the owner and founder of Gavere Leather which he started over 45 years ago with his wife, Linda. While attending the University of Florida in the late sixties, Jeff learned the trade working in a leather shop making hippie sandals.  Upon graduating with a business degree, he made the transition into the corporate world but continued to do craft fairs on weekends. Leather MADE IN USA began in 1973.  They specialize in leather name belts, western belts, personalized kids belts, leather name bracelets. For the next thirty years, they operated leather shops in fifteen amusement parks across the country. They now continue to make only the highest quality, hand-finished leather products in their 13,000 square foot warehouse in High Springs, Florida.