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Dimensions: 5" (12.8cm) tall x 2 7/8" (7.3cm) wide x 1/2" (1.3cm) thick
The Citizen wallet: a tight little number designed for the metropolitan citizen. Cash? Once in a while. Here, we rock cards: ID/Debit/Credit/Motorcycle license and business cards.
This wallet is a "redux" version of a wallet we designed in 2009 called, "The Sunrise". The Sunrise was a good wallet but I knew it could be a little bit simpler, a little bit cleaner, a little more focussed. This is the result of that re-design.
Almost every dimension of this wallet is a different from The Sunrise. Everything has been tweaked, just a bit, to make a great new wallet style. This is one of the most requested wallets from clients after The Sunrise sold out. Now, our card collector wallet is back and better.
When open, the Citizen has two "card banks" on the left and right, in opposing directions (no, your cards won't fall out of either side; confirmed with years of field testing on The Sunrise). On the card bank on the left, you have a little pouch, open from the top and sides, where you can slide in folded up cash easily. On the card bank on the right, you have a pocket open from the side where you can slide your business cards.
It all folds back up and held together with a simple strap. The strap is a little stiff and springy. It holds its form well so when you have used the wallet a couple of times, you will notice how smoothly and easily it slides back into place. You open it either by pushing with your right-hand thumb -or- pull with your left-hand thumb. In this way, it's nicely ambidextrous.
“Full Leather Bilt” is the new design method affecting most everything I do with Braithwaite going forward. What does it mean? It means that there are no more silk linings. All surfaces are now leather. Why? Because only leather is as strong as leather.
The exterior cover and card slots of the wallets are made from an Italian bridle leather. Bridle leather is commonly used for saddlery because of its added water resistance. The slight water resistance is added through a process called, ‘hot stuffing’ where oils, waxes, and tallows are heated to just the right temperature which the leather is then submerged into to absorb them.
The interior lining of the wallet is made out of un-dyed, un-treated Italian ‘Vachetta’ leather. This is as natural as leather gets. Nothing is applied to this leather once it has been tanned. The result? The most age-able leather you can get. This leather will absorb everything that touches it: oils from your hand, any dirt on your money, sunlight, and character. As you touch it, you’ll notice that it absorbs you, quickly becoming unique to you. If you leave it in the sunlight, it will become darker and richer in color, over the years becoming a deep, golden brown.
Our wallets are made by a family-run leather business located in Kolkata, India. This family-run business reached out to us in 2010 and we've been working together throughout 2011 to come up with a products of unique, hand-crafted quality. The production of wallets is overseen by Furkhan Aalangayam of the Aalangayam family, who is himself a skilled leather worker. I'm proud to be working with Furkhan and his family.
Braithwaite Wallets all have a 6 month replacement guarantee. If there is ever anything that comes loose or falls apart, call me or email me and I will send you a replacement from my current inventory. I'm looking out for you so don't even worry about it.