Apparently it’s a trend that most men just receive wallets rather than buying them
My last 3 wallets I bought for myself. I don’t think I’ve been gifted a wallet since my teens. I’d definitely advise against anyone I knew wanting to buy me a wallet, I’m very particular in the kind I like and chances are very high I wouldn’t use the gifted wallet, or I’d try to return it.
If you want a good wallet you buy it
I don’t want gift wallets, there are like 0 chances I get what I want. Sometimes even for the ones I buy by myself.
I don’t know, the pockets, the flatness… everything needs to fit right.
I’m recovering from a wallet disorder. While searching for the perfect wallet I probably collected 20 or so. I’ve been using the same wallet now for two years so I think it’s under control.
I prefer not to receive wallets as gifts.
Are there any interesting or unique wallets that you’ve come across? I’ve been needing a wallet for some time but I never enjoyed the look of a plain/boring slim wallet or the classic fat plain leather ones.
There are a lot of different styles for sure. I use a Pockt card wallet now and it’s perfect… for me. There’s one wallet that is two metal plates you put your cards between and they’re held together with paracord. That one has a bottle opener. A search for minimalist wallet on Amazon or similar will let you see what’s out there.
Not for me.
I currently have three wallets, all made by Saddleback Leather1. They’re expensive but the company’s tagline is ‘your kids will fight over it when you’re dead’.
I have a standard bi-fold which I have actually semi-retired in this modern age of pinging payments with my phone, a classic tall, slim wallet for an inside suit jacket pocket, and my everyday carry card wallet which has three bank cards, my driving license, and £100 emergency ‘shit they don’t take phone pinging payment’ situations.
Edit to add: I don’t anticipate ever needing to buy another wallet in my life. These are solid.
[1] Saddleback leather is owned and run by a guy called Dave Munson who is a self-described ‘faith driven entrepreneur’. I don’t care what the dude believes.
I use the business card holder as my wallet. I bought two at the same time, I’m still using the first one after 10 years or so, and I don’t know when I might ever have to replace it with the spare. And for anyone wondering, it stretches over time and I have about 10 credit/cards in it.
No, I saw a wallet that was exactly what I was looking for and bought it. I’ve carried it for years. The last time someone else bought me a wallet it was just a generic bulky one.
No. My wallet is…fucking hell… 20 years old.
When I was younger, yeah.
I think wallets are for people nobody knows what to buy for. Like getting them a tie. No hobbies, no interests, no personal declarations of what they might like. Or people just don’t know them well enough to get anything other than some generic gift like a wallet.
A friend made me a duct tape wallet in high school. My brother hated it, had won a contest, and spent some of.his winnings ona new wallet for me. It’s been close to 20 years.
I made some amazing tape wallets back in the day. One of them was so well made it lasted more than 1 year.
Funny enough I recently ended up finding a brand that makes paper “leather” slim wallets. Mine is lredy a few years old https://www.andersundkomisch.de/
YOU CAN BUY YOURSELF ANYTHING YOU WANT ESPECIALLY A WALLET
srry this just reads as “duh my bros is it geyy to git yerself a wallet” NO JUST BUY ONE
I have never had a wallet bought for me. Probably wouldn’t want one either, because I don’t use traditional wallets, but rather a card wallet that keeps them all flat so they don’t crack down the middle.
i only bouhgt my current one myself
the ones before were all gifts from my grandpa, and the last one lasted 11 years and i know he would have liked the one i bought. really tried to pick one he would have gifted me :)
Do men tend to ask for wallets as gifts? If so, it makes sense they would tend to get them as gifts then. My dad certainly did. He was very particular about brand and model, and he showed genuine appreciation when I tracked one down (especially prior to internet shopping being what it is). It made for a good gift.
I have bought most I think but I have received some as gifts too.
I bought mine
Works well as a lanyard too, ADHD would be having me leave it everywhere if it weren’t strapped to my noggin
