I’ve been using the Mullica Wallet since the early 1980s, not too long after it was first released.
This new wallet is just as good as the original wallet, and the price is right. Over 35 years ago, I
paid about $60 - $70 for the wallet. It’s great that the price is close to where it was back then,
considering they’re making this wallet from the ground up. It could easily be $150.
The
original Mullica Wallet was an existing, real-world wallet manufactured by the wallet maker Rolf’s.
You could find these wallets in the store for about $35.00, and then make the modification yourself
for a back-up wallet.
At some point, Rolf’s changed the design of the leather flap inside
the first wallet that holds the first card they see. There was no longer a flap but changed now a
pocket. That made it more difficult to slide the card up with your left thumb to show before you
took out the second wallet. Later versions of the Mullica Wallet were sold like this and were
frustrating to use.
Fortunately, Heinz Minten stuck to the original design with this new
wallet. It’s identical to the original. As others have mentioned, the leather is a little stiff, and
taking the second wallet isn’t as easy as it could be. Over time, through use, this will loosen up.
An alternative is to set the inner wallet differently, and this is something Eugene Burger would do.
Instead of sliding half of the inner wallet into the pocket, slide the whole wallet into the pocket.
The spine of the inner wallet will be easily accessible. Even though the whole wallet is in the
pocket, it’s easier to take out, even with the pocket being tight.
As good as the original!
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