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Open Thread: What's your favorite minimalist wallet?
Merlin Mann | Apr 21 2006
Like most 43F articles on economical carriage and stowage, the Jimi post attracted a lot of interest. Makes me think it's time for an open thread: What's your favorite minimalist wallet? Jimi? Slimmy? Moneyclip? Coin purse? Goin' commando? Spill in comments (and feel free to link to canonical product pages or price compar-i-nators like Froogle). My own winner for minimalism? Starting before a trip to New York in the late 80s, I started wrapping my driver's license, ATM card, and a bill or two in a couple of my Goody pony tail holders (shut up). I think that was my wallet for at least the next two years -- until I got my first real job and decided to go cowhide again. Still, it remains one of my favorites. 212 Comments
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 I'm a back pocket/sometimes suit...Submitted by onesix18 (not verified) on April 22, 2006 - 10:40pm.
I'm a back pocket/sometimes suit jacket wallet carrier. One front pocket is for my smartphone, the other I like to leave open, you know, in case I find something I want to pick up. I searched and searched for years for the thinnest wallet. I purchased many. My search has ended, and I have arrived at wallet bliss. Yes, like several others here have mentioned, I have found the All-Ett. I will go ahead and label myself a die-hard All-Ett zealot-fanatic. If you are a traditional wallet-carrier (i.e., back-pocket), this is the one. People say it's ugly--I say it's beautiful. Here's why: It's like water. It's non-design. In architecture or product design, the sage eye understands that ultimate achievement comes when something so perfectly fits its place/context/function that one does not think of it as "having been designed." Rather, it functions so perfectly that it goes almost unnoticed. The All-Ett is an example of this. » POSTED IN:
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