One day Dana Buxton had the misfortune of losing his keys through a hole in the pocket of his pants. His wife, Julia, turned that misfortune around by making him a small leather pouch to hold his keys. Family and friends showed an interest in having their own pouches and thus a new small leather goods business was born. Buxton Company was formally organized in 1898.

In the 1920s, Buxton became the first company to resize the men’s wallet to accommodate the change in the size of the US dollar bill. In the 1930s, Buxton took the design of the women’s wallet to a new level by offering bright colors and more feminine silhouettes. 

Since 2010, the company has turned its focus on expanding product offerings in unique ways that apply to the modern world. With cyber security becoming increasingly more common, Buxton was swift to acknowledge the need to protect the consumer’s identity by adding a protective RFID (Radio Frequency ID) lining to wallets.