Stylish slim wallets

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Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:26 am

I remember hearing a famous musician discussing how, during the 1980s, he and most of his contemporaries would carry money and personal effects in their shoes (to avoid spoiling the line of their trousers).

This is more of a dilemma with unpleated / Italian cut trousers, but for the same reason I try to avoid coins wherever possible and use the slimmest wallet I have found anywhere:

http://www.lincolnstationers.com/images ... LOSED-.jpg

It is big enough to hold 4 credit cards and up to €100. However (as you can probably judge from the poor stitching on the example used in their promotional material) the quality isn't great - does anyone know where I could buy a higher quality example of something similarly compact?
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Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:11 am

Dear DR,

I'm very happy with this one from Valextra: http://www.valextra.com/Products/Detail ... pecifica=2
Not exactly cheap, but great craft & quality and also durable.
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Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:50 pm

Noble Savage wrote:
DFR wrote:Whilst one might prefer not to use coins both one's means and the fact that change is normally provided in such form removes any choice!
Leaving coins at their source alleviates the problem of having them.
In Eastern Europe you get $5 worth of coins. Would you leave them there after a $1 purchase? ;)
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Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:51 pm

davidhuh wrote:Dear DR,

I'm very happy with this one from Valextra: http://www.valextra.com/Products/Detail ... pecifica=2
Not exactly cheap, but great craft & quality and also durable.
Looks nice!
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Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:20 pm

internationalist wrote:
Noble Savage wrote:
DFR wrote:Whilst one might prefer not to use coins both one's means and the fact that change is normally provided in such form removes any choice!
Leaving coins at their source alleviates the problem of having them.
In Eastern Europe you get $5 worth of coins. Would you leave them there after a $1 purchase? ;)

Mercifully I do not go to Eastern Europe - seems primitive by this token. However were I to do so I would doubtless have paid for the $1 purchase with some coins kept for the purpose - one only gets caught once.
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Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:17 pm

You should, it gives a purpose to wallets with initials... :wink:

I wonder, though, how you would cope in a '"primitive" country like Switzerland, where coins are still worth something:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/myfrenchwindow/1471638111/
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:21 am

I think the only country where you could get away with not carrying coins is the US. Everywhere else you get coins worth several dollars. Also in the US you may get abuse if you only tip with coins!
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:51 pm

Mercifully I do not go to Eastern Europe -
Mercifully, for those in Eastern Europe, many of whom would find you primitive :wink:
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Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:35 pm

Leather Soul in Hawaii has these nice Russian Reindeer leather wallets. They can take custom orders for precise measurements from what I understand.

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Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:24 am

internationalist wrote:
Noble Savage wrote:
DFR wrote:Whilst one might prefer not to use coins both one's means and the fact that change is normally provided in such form removes any choice!
Leaving coins at their source alleviates the problem of having them.
In Eastern Europe you get $5 worth of coins. Would you leave them there after a $1 purchase? ;)
Of course. One gets better service everywhere this way.
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Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:48 pm

Noble Savage wrote:
internationalist wrote:
Noble Savage wrote: Leaving coins at their source alleviates the problem of having them.
In Eastern Europe you get $5 worth of coins. Would you leave them there after a $1 purchase? ;)
Of course. One gets better service everywhere this way.
Sure? It's about basic economics. If you overpay them, heck by 500%?! then obviously the service will not improve. Again, it's economics 101.
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Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:51 pm

Rowly wrote:
Mercifully I do not go to Eastern Europe -
Mercifully, for those in Eastern Europe, many of whom would find you primitive :wink:
How about Japan and the whole East Asia? It is called a well developed nation and they are a cash society. They use coins as well.
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Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:54 pm

OK. Back to the topic. Thanks for all of those nice recommendations. But what I'm looking for now is something like a best value for money or as you may call a budget wallet. Maybe even ultra-budget, depending on your terms.That should be slim including the coin pocket as well. What would be a good bet?

Happy holidays!
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:11 pm

Happy holidays to you and to yours!
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Sun Dec 23, 2012 9:58 pm

Malton & Kielman in Warsaw makes some slim wallets that are not too pricey and with various options available. They also offer a bespoke service online with a purported turnaround time of 5 weeks:

http://www.maltonkielman.com/products/a ... ies/page2/
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