The World's Thinnest Wallet

Bufford said:
keep my cash in a chain wallet, looks good on the belt
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Esav Benyamin said:
I'd rather have a thin wallet filled with a few hundreds than a fat one puffed out with a stack of singles.
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This brings us to a philosophical question: what meaning to you attach to your wallet?

For some people, their wallet is their autobiography. If they like birds, then they carry their Audubon Society membership card with them wherever they go despite the fact that it's really not useful for anything day-to-day other than as a physical embodiment of their love for birds, a physical token of that, and a chapter in their autobiography, part of what they want the rest fo the world to know about them.

For some people, their wallet is a measure and symbol of their financial success and their power and pretigue... quite frankly (and at the risk of a transfer to W&C) a psuedo-phallic substitute. A big, thick wallet is a sign of a big, powerful, successful man... even if it is puffed up by business cards for restaurants that went under years ago... wallet Viagra you might even call them. For these people, the more you've got in the wallet, the more powerful, the wealthier, the more successful, the more important you are.

For some people, their wallet is their Batman Utility Belt, something Q might issue to 007, the embodiment of their readiness to respond to any challenge. These are the people who carry Spydercards and those card things that pull apart into 29 different tools. These people stuff their wallets with first aide kits and fishing gear and just about anything else like that because the thicker your wallet the better prepared you are.
 
"For some people, their wallet is their Batman Utility Belt," something they might use their T.H.E. Wallet for :D

I bought a T.H.E. Wallet and had to laugh at how much bigger it was than everything I had to put in it. And I even do tend to carry a few more cards than I actually need.

I was lucky and traded it for a T.H.E. Checkbook Cover!
 
Gollnick said:
Move your gym card to your gym bag, golf course membership card to your golf bag, firing range membership card to your range bag, etc.

Keep store "membership" and points/discount/"loyal" cards in the glove box of your car instead of in your wallet. Go to an office supply store and get a cheap business card file wallet case thing to keep them organized. If you have several cars, ask the stores for several duplicate cards; they will gladly issue them because they don't want you to not shop at their store just because you don't happen to have your card with you.

Keep airline milage and other travel-related cards in a separate travel wallet and keep that with your shaving kit so you won't forget to take it when you travel. If you only travel a few times per year and not generally on zero-notice, then why carry your airline milage cards and rental car and hotel discount cards around all day every day? I know, you have repeated fantasies of just telling your boss what to do with himself and jumping on the next plane to Bimbo Island and you want to be able to get your milage points if you do it; well we all have such thoughts from time to time, but the reality you should face is it ain't gonna happen and you're carrying all those cards around for nothing.

Do not carry cards you don't frequently use such as bank ID/account cards, social security cards, voter registration card, passport, etc. with you. Take them along only when you know you'll need them. When was the last time you needed your Voter Registration card unexpectedly?

Don't carry credit cards you don't use frequently. For example, if you have a company credit card for travel expenses, why carry it when you're not on travel? If you have a separate bank account that you rarely access and don't access unexpectedly, maybe a Christmas savings account, don't carry the ATM card for it.

These suggestions not only thin your wallet, but will save you considerable trouble if you loose your wallet.
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I would not be able to find anything, I cannot remember all this stuff!!!:eek: :confused: :eek:

Wallets just seem.......................................easier!!!:D
 
I'd say the best reason for a thin wallet is no lower back pain - "brick" wallet users hit middle age, complain to their physician, and the doc performs a walletectomy. Voila, no cash - and all they had to do was clean out the cub scout membership cards, phone lists, defunct oil cards, DVD rental memberships that expired, and their draft card they never burned.

I use a bifold with four slots - ID, 1 credit card, 1 bank card, library card, cash, a comb - and the hair is falling out and kept short, so why that - and a insurance card. Probably don't need that either; emergency admitting will take care of it later when I'm conscious, as I have discovered.

Besides, it leaves more room for a Leatherman Juice.
 
does anyone put those card-knives ala spydercard, sog access card, microtech option II in their wallet actually? They seem to add alot of thickness to the wallets...
 
Yes - I had carried one until I had to clean it out when mobilized. It sat in the foot locker for six months until we PCS'd away from "in the wire."

It does take up space - about two or three credit cards worth - and once I could carry it again I realized I didn't need it. I had moved on to a small EDC light and back to my EDC folder, which are far more useful than a poorly accessible and limited combination gadget.

I had also seen the light about compensating with a big wallet. They rank right up there with baseball sized keychains, which as a former commerical locksmith I recognize as a compete disaster in master keying and key control.

And a statement about power accumulation, i.e., micro management.

So I carry two car keys, a house key ( I changed the house locks to one commercial security key and installed them ,) and recently added a gas cap key. The snap link from Berkeley weighs more. The other household keys stay home with the draft card and DVD rental cards.
 
Hi, Mafeya,
I tried to carry a Spydercard in my wallets. It's thicker than most of card pockets on most wallets. Only T.H.E. Wallet could take it. Tekna card knife was too thick for it with its locking button.

I quit carrying Spydercard when I noticed that my Wenger Souvenir can take most of the chores, and my BM42 can take the rest.
 
I carried a THE Wallet for about the last 5 years, and it got so packed with stuff I finally decided to simplify my life. So, I emptied it, took the most important things I'd need daily, and fit them all into This wallet and now carry it in my front pocket. My back thanks me :)
 
My wallet is a 5$ leather wallet from Kmart.

-Piece of skateboard griptape for away from home knife sharpening
-Drivers license
-Handful of bills *sometimes
-Vic Bantam (Behind the money slot, the thread has torn so I have a little slot back there now)
-Old hotel key wrapped in duct tape (Duct tape is always useful)
-Skatepark ID card (So small it doesn't add any weight or size)

Mine is under half an inch. I don't let it get bulky.
 
A couple of days ago, I was reading this thread, and like many of you may have done, I took out my wallet and looked at it. It was a leather tri-fold wallet about an inch thick, and it looked a little worse for wear. The previous day I'd spent two hours in a car, and had noticed it digging into me, so I thought, what the heck, and ordered this "world's thinnest wallet"

With shipping it cost me $20 and it came about 3 or 4 days later in a white envelope. First impressions are as follows: The wallet, empty, looks cheap. It's very thin and very flimsy, made of a ripstop nylon material familiar to sailors (it does appear to be spinnaker cloth) or people who own expensive outdoor jackets. I could crumple it into a ball, and it makes an crinkly sound when you do so. On the positive side, it did pop back to its original shape without any creases no problem.

I then emptied out my old wallet (amazing the things you accumulate over a few years) and transferred all the important stuff into the new ETT wallet. My first thought was "I dont have enough stuff!"

Everything from the old wallet fit in (money, credit cards, a couple membership cards, etc) and there was half a wallet to spare. At this point I started to realize how thin it really was... Loaded with all the junk that had been in my wallet, it was still thinner than my old wallet which was now empty.

I filled the other two pockets with some business cards and a credit card sized address book, but my suggestion to people who really don't carry around 10+ cards is to go for the half sized version... because of the shape of the pockets, they really do need 4 or 5 cards in them to hold the cards securely.

So, how much of a difference does it make? Well, the first day after I transferred everything over, I went shopping. Loaded up the cart, went to checkout, and after putting everything on the counter, I did my typical "patdown" to see where I'd put my wallet... couldn't find it. I was terribly embarrased and told the clerk that I'd have to put my things aside while I went home for it. As I was walking out the store, I stuck my hand in my pockets, and there it was. I did feel like an idiot, but my appreciation of the wallet went way up.

So, in summary:

Pros:
It really is extremely thin - doesnt print through clothing at all
It isn't too expensive compared to many leather wallets
Does hold a LOT of stuff
Appears well constructed and stitched

Cons:
A cloth wallet just doesn't look as good as a leather one
20 bucks is a lot of money for a bit of stiched up spinnaker cloth
You need to have at least 20 cards you want to carry to make the full sized version practical
You may find yourself thinking you've left your wallet behind for the first few days
 
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I bought a tri-fold one of these at the beginning of the year after getting sick of moving my wallet to my front pocket when I rode in a car, or sat at my desk. Well now I forget the thing is in my pocket all together, I'll never go back to a leather wallet, it's not as stylish as my old Dopp, but it's worth it.
 
Cows die anyway - I bought a leather bifold from w-mart. Leather doesn't gain an odor the way nylon will - just wait, you'll see. Or smell.


Small wallets do have an annoying tendency to float around in back pockets. It seems they are oversized for hankerchiefs. I've gone so far as to stitch them smaller into two pockets, one for the wallet, the other for the EDC tool of the day. Works pretty good on BDU's and slacks, not so much for jeans.
 
Hi Fruitbat
This is the one I use.
Weight 4 grammes=1 credit card.
I try to be minimal so only carry some bills +2credit card+ID card+jod card.
I love to be as light as possible my own body too ;-)
 
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