Win it: Chester Mox Brogue Wallet – $45.00
It’ll be here before you know it. So if you’re in need of a few ideas on what to give (or in some cases, what to put on your own list) this year, this is the place to be for the next couple weeks. Our annual 12 days of Dappered covers one item each week-day between now and December 20th. That’ll leave some time for shipping if you’re the last minute type. All will be reasonably affordable. See the growing archive here.
Simple is good. Boring is not. The one slot design on this Made in the USA Chester Mox slim wallet makes it undeniably the former, but the brogue pattern on the front side guarantees it’s not the latter.
We all know the guy with the overstuffed wallet. Maybe this would be the catalyst that gets him to finally clean out his huge trifold. All at a price that’s not much more than one of those imported, sexy as a Geo Tracker wallet gift sets.
Know that the color shown online doesn’t appear to be as light in person. It’s less a tan and more of a deep brown as seen above. Not dark chocolate brown, but more true brown than tan. Handcrafted from Horween Chromexcel leather.
WIN IT: Since each Chester Mox product is made to order, time is awfully short for Christmas orders. So if you want one, hop to it. To enter to win the one seen here, send an email to contests@dappered.com with “Chester Mox” as the subject. Deadline for entry is 11:59 p.m. on 12/14/11. One entry per person.
UPDATE: Congrats to Tim H. who won the Chester Mox wallet. Thanks to Chester Mox & everyone who entered…
Very nice. I’ve been wanting a slim wallet though I feel like the one slot designs aren’t quite for me so I just ordered this the other day:
http://www.saddlebackleather.com/Classic-Wallet-ID.html?sc=8&category=87
I have had the Saddleback ID wallet for about a month now and it takes some getting used to if you have been using a traditional wallet all your life. I keep 2 credit cards on one side and my license, insurance card, and bank card on the other. That part of it is wonderful. In the center, I keep about $100 cash. That’s where it gets a bit annoying. The wallet is big enough to hold the cash, but it’s a little more difficult to access than I’m used to. If you want to keep it slim, you can’t carry many bills. Folding a dollar bill exactly in half means you’ll have them sticking out just slightly from the top. I fold them over twice and while this makes it much easier to get the cash in and out, it makes it thicker.
The one thing I can attest to is that it is very well made. Unfortunately, I may have to suck it up and get this: http://www.saddlebackleather.com/Classic-Wallet-Bifold.html?sc=8&category=87
I would get it in small in chestnut. That still keeps it pretty slim, but if you need some singles for tipping and wind up getting change for a $20, you don’t wind up carrying it around loose in your front pocket.
And I hate to be a stinker, but the shipping charges are sort of annoying. It cost $12 to send an ID wallet by mail? Turns a sub $30 wallet into a $40+ wallet.
The broguing on the wallet above looks nice, but a card case – I’ve learned from experience – is just a little too streamlined for me. To each his own!
That’s just about what I have too. I feel the extra utility is worth a slightly larger size. It’s always nice to be able to just flash ID/student card etc, without fishing around for it. Perhaps a full-on card case would be good for a formal situation, but this is one area where I concede to ease-of-use over my desire for simplicity.
Cheers,
Ben
I switched to the same wallet a few months back, and I love it.
I bought a flap wallet from Chester Mox two months ago. It’s a steal for the price considering its handcrafted from a thick piece of Horween leather in a rich, deep tan. Best wallet I’ve owned.
I highly recommend Bosca business cardholders as a wallet, Bosca is based out of Springfield, OH (closer to Dayton, OH) and has been known for their leather goods for years.
In Columbus a few weeks back they had a “trunk/sample” sale, and I picked up 2 of these for about $25.00 each (my last one of these lasted about 3 or 4 years till my puppy got a hold of it one day and “ate” a corner).
http://www.bosca.com/mens-leather-card-case-nappa-vitello.html
http://youshouldthis.tumblr.com/post/5522171441/you-should-get-this-il-bussetto-slim-wallet
Got one off of Bonobos website a couple months back (they no longer carry them) and it’s amazing. Has held up to quite a lot of wear and tear, the color is great and has not faded. Fits a good wad of cash, along with quite a few cards, and never gets anywhere close to a regular bi-fold’s thickness. Had I known, I would have ordered back-ups.
A new wallet is one of the few things I actually sort of need (as opposed to most of the stuff I get, which I merely want). Need is still a relative term in this case. Mine works, but it’s on the verge of falling apart. I’ve been rocking the same one from Target for 5 or 6 years now – it’s held up surprisingly well, but the stitching is frayed to bits and it has absorbed so much indigo from my jeans that it is no longer an identifiable color. Plus I may or may not have accidentally sent it through the wash a couple times… the leather is pretty cracked and shabby at points of wear.
But I feel like I’m still more of a bifold kind of guy. As a student, there is just too much extra stuff I have to carry around in addition to the usual ID, insurance card, and pair of debit cards. That Saddleback that Geoff pointed out looks promising. I might have to look into it.
I’ve always been a bi-fold kind of guy too, but I hate how bulky they are. I would switch to this in a heartbeat.
I like the brogue, but one pocket isn’t practical for me. I have to carry at least one credit card, cash, and two IDs (one for work, and a driver’s license.)
PS: Check out their tan bi-fold. That’s a wallet that I’d proudly carry for years!