Goodbye "Brick Butt"

I have been carrying my wallet in my front pocket for a long time now and have considered buying a mission wallet but it looked like I would still need a wallet to carry my drivers liscence, credit cards and other junk. Am I wrong?
 
I can just see it now... having to yank out your wallet with knife when some triggerhappy guy behind the liquor store counter is waiting for you to pay for the Thunderbird, or when the rookie cop asks for your license...LOL
 
The only knife in my Mission Wallet is an Umfaan, which hides nicely in the small compartment. Anyway, any knife that tucks neatly even into the larger compartment is legal, so shame on them when they panic.

I don't carry the 3 x 4.25" Mission since I found a similar product that is 3.25 x 5" and has a separate zippered compartment for keys and change instead of the pockets in front.

But if you fold the bills in half, put your credit cards in back of the folded bills, and drop change in front of them, you can fit all that, and pull out what you need, pretty easily.

It may seem fat, but it's so small around, it drops into a jeans pocket and no one knows what's up. When you do pull it out, it's a change purse to the pickpockets and assorted sleazes who might focus in on a regular wallet.

Hey, what can I say, I'm a New Yorker. We've been doing this sort of thing forever, money clips, rubber band around a roll of bills -- anything but a fat wallet in a back pocket!

You might want to hit the CRK website Accessories page and check out the wallet he sells now, too.
 
MelancholyMutt said:
I can just see it now... having to yank out your wallet with knife when the rookie cop asks for your license...LOL
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Hey, it already happened to me, here in NYC, and all the cop said was "That's neat."

If the knife fits in the Mission, it's generally not big enough to be considered threatening, and it shows you are in full compliance of NYC's concealed knife carry law. ;)
 
I want an in the pocket sheath...
Don't want any chance with NYC cops. (I don't carry yet, but once I turn 16, I will)
 
GarageBoy said:
Don't want any chance with NYC cops. (I don't carry yet, but once I turn 16, I will)
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If you don't want any chances with NYC cops, I highly suggest you wait until you're 18.
 
GarageBoy said:
Law says I'm legal, don't know about what cops will think
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Which law? New York State Penal Law Section 265.04? Sorry, that only applies to areas outside of NYC. NYC has a age restriction of 18 for sale and possession.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
I don't carry the 3 x 4.25" Mission since I found a similar product that is 3.25 x 5" and has a separate zippered compartment for keys and change instead of the pockets in front.
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Is this a widely available thing? If so, who is the manufacturer (link)?
 
must admit....:o :o.....I came to this thread thinking it was exercise advice....:confused:


Cute wallet, though. :p
 
Aux said:
Is this a widely available thing?
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Aux, I'm sorry, I don't think so. I found them in my local pharmacy, by the women's section, with all the little purses and eyeglass cases. Leather, $7. You have to get lucky to spot anything like it.
 
"Goodbye brick butt"? Hey, I'm happy with my perfect chiseled Greco-Roman butt. Wait, you're talking about wallets? :D

I used to carry a wallet in the front-pocket, until it became overloaded with gear. Now I've cut back a little and occasionally carry some bills and cards in a small ziplock baggie (not the Ziploc brand though). It's the perfect size so nothing flops around, plus it is of thicker plastic than a real Ziploc. You could probably find one in the right size to slide a space pen next to the cards.
 
I've got one of those ziplock wallets! I used to carry it when I was out hiking, when sweat or rain would mess up the contents of a regular wallet. It has "OMNISEAL" "BELLEVUE, WA." imprinted. The plastic darkened over the years, but it's still strong and the seals on both sides are waterproof.
 
I kind of agree I might not be comfortable pulling my knife out everytime I pull out my wallet. But maybe I could put a small leatherman or something in there instead. What do you think?

Verb
 
Active Verb said:
But maybe I could put a small leatherman or something in there instead.
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My Leatherman Squirt easily fits in the pen pocket when I don't carry the pen. Alas, I find I use the pen, then the flashlight, more than I use the Squirt.
 
I picked one up, but haven't been able to empty my Stingray skin wallet yet. I have a "Costanza" wallet, I keep it in the front pocket. It's usually a huge brick of credit card receipts :)
I think I'm going to stick my Surefire, a pen, my cigar torch and cutter, and some other stuff in the mission wallet to keep my pockets from being a jangling bulging mess. Reminds me, I need a Fisher space pen!
 
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