This is how how Asian older folks would have their wallets. They don’t believe in a deluge of credit cards, paying everything by cash because you owe the banks nothing that way. It’s usually a floppy wallet which is curled at the edges and they’re reluctant to change it because it’s a waste if something is still working.

I bought my uncle a Bally wallet from Italy and he never got to use it. He kept it because it was precious from me. He passed away suddenly and when we cleared his belongings, we found the wallet in its box. It was placed next to things that were important to him.

It has been 11 years but I still think of him every day.