Saddleback Leather: Wallets

Robin Shooter said:
I'd been thinking about a medium bi-fold for a while, but a lot of the reviews I've read (especially the ones @ Amazon.com) had me convinced that it would just be too thick & thus uncomfortable to carry in my back pocket.

Well, I went ahead and bought one anyways (coffee color) because $50. isn't so much to gamble these days. I received it 3 weeks ago & was surprised by how light and how thin it is. It's really only a tiny bit thicker than the Dockers wallet that I'm replacing, & it's much nicer quality. If I had a single complaint it would be that it doesn't hold quite as many cards as my last wallet did. But the truth is I was probably carrying too much stuff in my wallet before.

I highly recommend the Saddleback bi-fold. I'm not sure why they're not charging $75. for them, they're that nice.
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I completly agree. I was very surprised at how light it was and how thin it is. Its not " thin" but its not overly thick like iv been reading in reviews. Its a regular wallet size. I also agree that they should cost more, id play 100$ for it based on customer service, workmanship and the quality of the leather. Iv never neen a wallet that looks and feels like this one.

Starting tomorrow ill be taking weekly pics every sunday since that is my day off and will be easier to remember. Its been less than a week and its showing great wear. Its already gotten a little dirty and gained some character. Im very active and my hands are always dirty so his should be interesting to see how it holds up.
 
I have the tobacco brown medium bifold

Its pretty good but will take a while for the credit card holders to start to give a little bit to make it easier to access the cards.
Leather feels good and its starting to get some "wear" on the outside which is the character being added.

so far so good

PS I only keep cards and folded cash in the wallet nothing else.
 
I've been carrying my medium tobacco bifold for close to 2 months - pulled out my credit card yesterday and it snapped off at the magnetic strip :(
I thought it had loosend up pretty well, but that middle slot is a killer.
Seems to me that there should be another modification made to its design. I read that this was a problem in the past and the design was already modified once.
 
JohnS said:
I've been carrying my medium tobacco bifold for close to 2 months - pulled out my credit card yesterday and it snapped off at the magnetic strip :(
I thought it had loosend up pretty well, but that middle slot is a killer.
Seems to me that there should be another modification made to its design. I read that this was a problem in the past and the design was already modified once.
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Hmmm...... I'd heard of that problem and redesign as well. I've been using my medium tobacco bifold (nice choice btw) since about the first of the year, but haven't had any issues yet.

How many cards do you have in each slot? I only have 1 card in each slot, not sure if that might make a difference.

Either way sorry to hear about that. From what I've read/ heard in the past I'm sure Saddleback will take care of you on this. I'm guessing they'd be interested to see what happened too.
 
I had two cards in the all the slots.
I got the wallet in the middle of december and have used it since then.
I don't know that there is anything saddleback would do for me.
I believe its the newest version with the blue/sombrero logo.
 
If you like the wallet otherwise, I probably wouldn't do anything unless it continues to be a problem. I've had a card that broke that way in another wallet too (not saddleback).

2+ broken cards, that could be more of an issue.
 
Just to update - I did write to Saddleback to tell them the problem still exists.
Wow - they emailed me right back with a return authorization and UPS shipping label. Said they'd ship me a new one as soon as they see that this one is on the way back.
I wasn't expecting that - pretty good customer service!
 
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Wow how did you get one with the Blue logo? I would have paid double for that. I thought they were done and only making them with the new logo.
 
I just ordered a medium chestnut wallet. It is replacing my other wallet which is falling apart from the inside.
 
simplespeed said:
Look at their website under the logo sectin. It explains all about their logos. The dog is the origonal one.
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Guess I'm reading it wrong - sounds to me like the handwritten "saddleback" and Blue with sombrero are the newest.
I'd also read that some stuff had the new logo, some did not.
My large DCB wallet was not listed as having the newest logo and it only has "saddleback" on it, so I assumed Blue is the newest.
By the way - too late for you to offer me double for it - sent it back last Saturday ;)
 
Just got my wallet and gadget pouch in tobacco. Beautiful work. Got the handwritten logo
 
Just ordered a Large Bi-fold in Black. The wallet I bought at a gunshow a few years back is getting old.
 
JohnS said:
Got my replacement - it has the "Blue" logo as well.
Did I get another "original style" ?
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That's the newest design. The lower right corner should have "Saddleback" in cursive and the "Blue" logo on the inside.
 
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