Waxed Flesh Franklin

I am a fan of the Franklin, a vertical flap origami wallet from Lost Dutchman Leather. This particular iteration is made with waxed flesh Horween Chromexcel leather. This type of leather has the pull-up effect due to the wax and oil inside the leather. However, in this limited drop, they put the flesh side of the leather outside that has been vegetable tanned, hand dyed, waxed and hand-glazed to give it the shine and amazing texture. Over time, it will develop a nice patina due to the wax wearing off, especially in high friction areas. The edges have been sealed by burnishing not painting. The advantage of this particular leather is that it will be more durable and water resistant. I have 7 cards inside the pocket and 1 in the outside back slit and 11 slips of cash inside the pocket. 1 of my cards is a tracking card which has the thickness of 2 credit cards. I have a couple more of the Franklins and 2 Mini Franklins in the same type of leather, but of other colors— Natural and Mahogany. I love both the Franklin and Mini Franklin, but if I use the Mini Franklin, I will have to leave the tracker card home to avoid risk of over-stretching the pocket. I am fond of the Franklin as it was my first origami wallet (along with the no-stitch Finnigan) in Russet color, made of Glazed Harness leather from a renowned tannery— Wickett & Craig. Both the Franklin and Mini Franklin wallets got the highest score on Mark Ward’s Walletopia. I love the Franklin (and the Mini) as they are so light for not having any stitches. This allows the thin form, making it a nice front-pocket-carry wallet. It has adequate space. Looks and feels great with awesome smell. The easy access card slit in the back is great for easy card extraction and/or tap-pay. In light of being stitch-less, the company can offer these wallets at much lower prices compared to their counterparts with stitches— the Big Finn and Finnigan, respectively. The Lost Dutchman is one of my favorite wallet companies. I am quite sure that I will be back to purchase varieties of their wallets with exciting new leather options during future limited drops!!

I purchased a black waxed flesh Franklin wallet from the last special release and have been extremely happy with it. The craftsmanship is exceptional and the wallet has no sticking and is incredibly durable and fits all of my cards and cash with room to spare. I simply cannot get over the extremely high quality craftsmanship of the wallet and cannot wait to see how it ages and changes over time.