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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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 Very odd -- I ordered...Submitted by Michael Leddy (not verified) on April 27, 2006 - 11:08am.
Very odd -- I ordered a Jimi just a few days before all these wallet discussions began to appear (honest!). I like the Jimi a lot. I don't know what I'll do when I have a lot of cash to carry (rubberband it? give it away?!), but I rarely have more than two or three bills in my wallet anyway. The Jimi is small, lightweight, very cool-looking in a nerdish way, and it saves me from worrying that the card in the topmost inside wallet slot is going to drop out during handling. I printed out lots of necessary info in 8-point Gill on two sides of a piece of paper and no longer carry various insurance cards around. The only problem I've found is that the smoke-colored Jimi is so unassuming that it's easy to overlook when I'm getting stuff together to leave the house. I shoulda gone for orange -- easier to spot (and it was Frank Sinatra's favorite color, for whatever that's worth). » POSTED IN:
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