Citadel - RFID Blocking Bifold Wallet Passcase with Full Grain Leather and Flip Up ID (Memphis)

I am in my 40's so I have owned quite a few wallets over the years. Most were mass produced (Dockers, Wilson Leather, Fossil, etc.) and were adequate for what they are used for. This MUTBAK Citadel wallet surpasses them all! It is well made with high quality leather (no imperfections or blemishes), great stitching and overall a beautiful wallet. It smells great too! I don't know about the rest of you, but I LOVE the smell of tanned leather. All my cards, ID's, key cards (more about that) fit in it perfectly. It is initially a tight fit for some. However, after removing, reinserting, removing, reinserting - it breaks in quickly. If you know anything about good quality leather and stitching, a break-in period is to be expected for that leather item to conform and perform the way you want it to. That is the case with this MUTBAK wallet - a short (purposeful) break-in period is needed. This is a top notch, great looking, wallet that any man would love to own! RFID/NFC Blocking Review (for those that care): Now, about the key cards I mentioned earlier (RFID cards for security door entry). The wallet that this MUTBAK replaced did not have RFID/NFC blocking. I have always kept my primary key card for work in my wallet and used it to badge in. When your hands are full, "Butt-Badging" is very convenient (where you keep your key card in your wallet and your wallet is in your back pocket and you lift up and touch the card reader with your back pocket to allow access). If you "Butt-Badge" now, you will not be able to do so after getting this wallet. I found that I had to place my key card in the ID window (behind my drivers license) and pull my wallet out and flip the ID flap out and touch the door badge reader in order to gain entry. No other location would allow the badge reader to read my badge. AND THAT IS A GOOD THING! Whatever the RFID/NFC blocking material that MUTBAK uses is, it WORKS! Side scanning (from the top or bottom of the wallet) down to the key card in one of the many card slots did NOT allow the badge reader to detect my key card. Literally the only way I could keep my key card in my wallet, and still have it usable from within my wallet, was to place the key card in the ID window AND I have to flip it out and expose the window and touch it to the badge reader in order for it to read. This is literally the ONLY area that is not fully protected and you REALLY have to purposely expose that area in order for the card to be read. GREAT RFID/NFC BLOCKING!! +++++

I am so excited about this wallet! I'm 60 years old and very old school ... meaning I remember how things used to last for many, many years because of quality materials and construction. My old leather wallet finally needed to be replaced after around 12 years so I started my research into the perfect wallet (for me at least) at a fair price. I came up with a good choice B and C, but until now I didn't have a choice A ... until I received my Mutbak wallet today ... success! It's one of those things that all you have to do is see it, hold it, rub it and smell it ... then you instantly know ... yep, this is it! It is full grain leather and definitely is an oiled leather style and feel ... so it's gonna get even better with age, scratches, rubs and friction from daily use. It's a standard size bifold wallet (the only kind I'll ever use) that has plenty of room for at least 8+ cards, money, receipts and side areas for a few business cards or whatever floats your boat. If I'm gonna be 100% honest, then I wish that the ID fold down portion could be removed, but it is NOT removable and the window is plastic. I'm not a fan of plastic inside of my beautiful heavy duty quality leather wallet but it is not a deal breaker because everything else is pure perfection! The only thing that is unknown is how long it will last ... my guess is around the same time as my last one ... but we shall see. Finally, on a personal note ... I love the fact that this is a small business success story ... so that encourages me to do my part by helping them out. Give Mutbak a try ... even if it's a weird name!

After careful consideration of several possible choices, I selected the Mutbak wallet. The deciding factors were design (I liked this one best), number of credit card slots (5 more than my previous wallet), apparent leather quality (looked likely to be the best of all the wallets I was considering), and apparent workmanship quality (equal to or better than all the others). Note that I used the word "apparent" more than once. This is because one can not be sure of certain attributes by reading the product description and looking at pictures (although they help) but the customer reviews helped to validate my impressions. So here is the punchline. I received my new wallet a few days ago and it is exactly what I was expecting. The leather is topnotch and the workmanship matches. The design and functionality are just as I saw on the product page. So, I am delighted. Notice that I have not said much about cost. I think this wallet was the most costly of the wallets I considered. But, in my view $34.99 is just not very much money for all the values that this wallet satisfies - at least for me. I think the least expensive wallet I had on my list was in the low teens. So you wallet costs 2 to 3 times as much as the least costly option I considered. As a percentage, the Mutbak is pricey. But the overall difference was only $20. I will likely have this wallet for the next 20 years and everytime I take it out of my pocket, I will notice the leather and how well it is made and how well it stores all things I keep in it. All for $20. In the end, this was an easy decision. There is one suggestion I can offer. I would have chosen brown over black had you had a uniformly-colored (not mottled like Memphis), deep, rich brown option (Durango and Moab were too light). All in all, this was a homerun purchase for me. I am out of the wallet market for a long, long time.