The Ampal Creative has been making hats in Los Angeles since 2007 — every one of them Made in USA since 2010. Small runs cut from premium and often one-off deadstock fabrics, finished with the details that separate a good cap from a cheap one: satin linings, herringbone underbrims and a proper chino twill sweatband. When the roll runs out, that hat is gone.
New n improved Embroidered Scorpio in satin.
I've always like the imagery of a scorpion, that tough ornery sonuvabitch of the Southwest. On a vision quest for the Ramblin' Rose, the swingarm chopper I recently built, I knew it would have a Scorpion on the tank. When I decided to embrace the red color and found the rose primary and clutch cover, the scorpion rose design was born. After staring at the gas tank for hours on end, I knew we had to put it on a hat and reached out to our friend CHZ in Italy, who drew it up in his style.
Made in Los Angeles, CA, USA