Do you like nice leather wallets?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I was going to post sort of the opposite a month ago. Have always had a nice leather wallet but hated carrying it around especially since it carries license, 3 credit cards and health insurance card at the most. A Ridge card wallet ad showed up on FB so I checked them out. $125 and looked like it would fit my needs. So then I looked around some more and found the exactly same thing for $22 on Amazon. Clearly Ridge is buying these for $10 from the manufacturer and marking them up and hoping no one looks around for them before purchase. Pretty happy with my New Bring. Ridge calls it Forged Carbon. I call it an extra $100 in my bank account.

Ridge Forged Carbon

or someone in China is making cheap knockoffs of the ridge stuff....

The dash bando is $20 or $30 depending on if you get the original or the second version.

I looked at some like you and thought, "that's really cool.". If I'd seen one for $22, I might have bought it. But I would be a little concerned about rough edges and how something so stiff and squared would be to carry, and if it would wear spots into pockets.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Ridge is made in China Steve.

It is rigid but it’s not sharp or rough in any way. I wear jeans that fit on tighter side and front pocket hasn’t been a problem.

[sc_rufctr]

A "nice" wallet is essential IMO... It's like a Karma thing because it leads to astute spending.

Probably not to everyone's taste but this is what I carry when wearing a suit. (2 or 3 times a week)

[dan79brooklyn]

My wife gave me an Il Bisonte brown leather wallet twenty years ago. It shows no signs of wear. I keep it in my shoulder bag 99% of the time. I don’t like having anything in my pockets. It will hopefully last the rest of my life.

[Jims5543]

Stumbled across this front packet wallet / money clip in a tourist trap store in St. Augustine many years ago and grabbed it.

I think it lasted almost 10 years before it finally wore out. I purchased 2 new and keep one in my sock drawer for when the current one wears out.

https://buffalobillfoldcompany.com/shop/leather-money-clip-card-holder/

[javadog]

[rusnak]

Yeah, I like nice leather wallets. But every time I go to buy one, I end up buying a nice pen or get distracted by nice boobs.

[Chocaholic]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

BTW...last time I checked. Social Security limits the amount of times you can get a copy. Exceed that they send you to New Jersey.

I lost my SS card probably 40 years ago. Have never needed it. I know the number. Got DL, passport, jobs, etc without the little paper card.

[Chocaholic]

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I wear jeans that fit on tighter side and front pocket hasn’t been a problem.

That makes sense, the front would probably be a better place for something stiff than the rear (really, I was NOT going for a joke with that statement). Do you have an issue with the wallet jabbing you when you bend or sit?

Ridge is made in China Steve.

It is rigid but it’s not sharp or rough in any way.

I think iPhones are also made in China, but you can still have a Chinese knock-off of an iPhone.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by masraum

That makes sense, the front would probably be a better place for something stiff than the rear (really, I was NOT going for a joke with that statement). Do you have an issue with the wallet jabbing you when you bend or sit?



I think iPhones are also made in China, but you can still have a Chinese knock-off of an iPhone.

No jabbing Steve, it's remarkably comfortable. Wish I had known about these long ago. Going to get an aluminum version I think, the carbon is nice but not as interesting as I thought it would be. And so cheap you can collect them all.

[Zeke]

I can't see carrying a DL and tap card only. I need at least 3 cards for medical, an AAA card, Costco card, CVS card (yes I can give a ph no. at CVS, but I won't let them have it because they use it to market at you). Same with the super market, no card, punch in a dead ph no. for the discount/tracking.

But then I have to have a couple hundred in various bills because I never know when a deal will pop up, And they do, especially when totally unexpected. I take payment in CASH only and buy quite a bit with cash, like groceries and gas.

[javadog]

You can scan some of this into your phone...

Like a AAA card, for instance. All you need is the account number and phone number. Medical cards, too.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by javadog

You can scan some of this into your phone...

Like a AAA card, for instance. All you need is the account number and phone number. Medical cards, too.

Then why do the office staff at the doc's always ask for DL, Medicare, supplemental and drug plan so they can copy them? I didn't think about the AAA app and ability to show the driver your phone. What do I hand the check out person at Costco? Never seen anyone pull out their phone.

Still gonna carry some cash so old fashioned wallet here.

[pwd72s]

Joe Bob's fault in particular. Just got off the phone..ordered that RFID tri=fold wallet I linked to earlier from the NRA store.

Thinking about it, there's some sweet irony there...I'll consider it to be spending some of Biden's "stimulus" money with the National Rifle Association.

(edit) I'm with Zeke...just call us old curmudgeons set in our ways. Not quite ready to join the cashless society and the brave new world...

[javadog]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Then why do the office staff at the doc's always ask for DL, Medicare, supplemental and drug plan so they can copy them? I didn't think about the AAA app and ability to show the driver your phone. What do I hand the check out person at Costco? Never seen anyone pull out their phone.

Still gonna carry some cash so old fashioned wallet here.

The people at the offices need just the number. Some of them are just lazy, so it’s easier for them to xerox a document and type it into their computer later. Trust me, they can also just type it in while reading your phone. I’ve done it for years.

Last time I used my AAA account, I didn’t even give them the number over the phone, let alone show them anything when they showed up.

And I routinely let people scan things on my phone, bar codes and scan codes for instance, at stores and even the post office.

Lots of options out there, I was drug into it kicking and screaming by my kids, some of it’s pretty handy.

[jyl]

I’m loyal to an “Allett” slim wallet. It is a good wallet, quality and thin and US made, but I use it because a Pelican was with the company. I don’t remember the details but I remember he is departed and it was sad.

[wildthing]

I was on a wallet buying spree a few years ago... I purchased a minimalist Saddleback Leather Co like this: https://saddlebackleather.com/leather-wallet-mens-front. I use it with business casual.

And then I bought two of these Dango wallets, supposedly made in USA. https://www.dangoproducts.com/products/d01-dapper-wallet. I may have a link that gives you $10 off if you’re interested. I use these outdoors.

The one that’s least used is the folding wallet that is also made in USA by a small outfit called Pegai, available on Etsy or Amazon.

[WPOZZZ]

I have a ton of wallets because people buy them for me as gifts. The gf likes buying LV wallets and they are ok, but don't last more than a couple years. Recently, she bought me an Armani wallet. The leather is so soft and the wallet is my favorite.

[vash]

I am going to order a Ridge.

I am done with my leather wallet. minimize crap. I have a wallet like the OP with my SS card and other "certificates" in it..but it is in safe holdings. I don't carry that crap.
there is no way I would carry that much stuff.