Hi this is Trevor with leatherwallets.org. In this series of videos we are looking at money clip cardholder wallets. And in this particular video we are going to review this guy right here which is the Hanks belt money clip cardholder. This is made in the USA. So if that's important to you. Let's check out this video. I always like to start with the packaging. Some people are going to buy this for gifts for their father for their brother. You know whatever whoever you want to buy for. So this is a much I didn't even mention the price I bought this on Amazon for $59.99. This box is it's OK. It's it it's status quo. I would say it's unfortunate that they don't have their logo. So here was the Viosi top Hanks Belts no logo. What's going on there. And you know the Mutbak so that the quality of box is the same it's just they decided they decided they're well-known enough they don't need to put their name on the box.
All right. Inside we have the wallet and that is it. And this stuff.
So this polyester cheap packing. This is a big step up from the Viosi and the Mutbak. It's a little bit disappointing so far that packaging is lacking. If you're giving it as a gift giving it as a gift hopefully the person receives it recognizes the brand and knows that you know it is high quality. Despite the packaging. All right. So this is a goatskin leather. So a little bit different than what we were looking at before where they're all cow leather. This one is goatskin and you can you can feel it's much more smooth than any of the other leather.
And this one does have some you know a little bit of weight to it. In fact it feels pretty darn heavy. Go ahead and check that out. Right now. We are doing grams. 75 grams.
For that guy. And just as a comparison the Viosi 53 and the. Mutbak. 41, 39, 40. Forty for that guy. So this guy. Is quite a bit heavier. It feels pretty good. I like the leather. We've got one two three pockets all up front.
Construction on it is very good. And one center pockets along with the money clip I can tell you that money clip feels very strong.
Notice how we don't have an ID window so this one is more similar to the Mutbak Wallet it's where we don't have an ID. Has one less one pocket fewer than them.
The Mutbak but I also want to draw your attention to the construction.
So here is a perfect example of a wallet that is expensive but you know this is where that expense comes in. So do you see how each of those pockets there's a layer of leather and how it just blends into the next one let me show you the Viosi to give you an idea see the difference right angle is good. So you see how right here you have the lips. And if you. Can look down it. You see how the leather isn't blended so no time was taken to transition from. Over each of those pockets. Compared to again this guy where you can see that it is just if I can angle this right is just baby smooth.
Or close enough. It's very close. And that's you know.
That's where we get into craftsmanship. So you know most likely I don't know where this is made. Most likely this is Chinese made. You get pockets that look like that the Mutbak is a step up. They're not as pronounced but not rolled over. As you know no one took the time like they did with this Hanks Belts to make sure that that is smooth. So definite plus there. Stitching looks good. Looks like a nylon thread. Which you know you expect. For. A wallet in this price range. Everything looks very good. So the. The. I'm trying to find. OK. Here's another difference between the quality of leather.
First this is much thicker. And let me try. I'm not going to be able to show you, but on this one. The edges here are straight cut. OK. It's not rolled over the edges on this wallet are all folded over and then sewn or glued in the back here. This requires thicker stronger leather to be able to and a you know a talented person to be able to construct this leather so that you don't fold it over. Yeah. This requires a machine or a lot of time because you have to get the leather so thin in order to be folded over and then sewn back without creating a big lump. This way in this style you don't have to create that thin leather.
You can leave it you know thick and yeah. So big points there.
Covered the stitching covered the edges.
Let's talk about capacity.
I don't, those don't look straight. So I'm just noticing that.
So we got. Sure. You can see this 49 millimeters from the bottom to the lip of the pocket. It's
not straight. It's off by a little bit.
So let me hold it like this so got a good if you can see it's not on the lip there. As we move as we move down. We get. To the end here where that measurement is. Right on the money.
Right. So 49 millimeters. From there to there. 49 millimeters is. A millimeter or two short. Right there. A. Millimeter.
Millimeter difference.
So again handmade I believe handmade it says handcrafted in the USA.
So it's up to you. I was able to tell just by looking at it that it wasn't lined up. That's a big deal to you. You're going to have to decide it is full grain leather though we can tell that by you know the marks in the leather the lines.
I really like that really like the leather, it is soft.
Again this is goat leather. So a little bit different than cow leather but still feels very good.
Now let's get onto the capacity lets do cards first. So about six cards has been I think the most in this category so far. Fits in there well one two so that pocket is, I wonder why it wouldn't go in at first but alright, there is two.
That's perfect we don't have. It's not going down all the way. Again similar to the Mutbak Wallet which is great because we can still get it out. Let's check this large center pocket. Now as I state in all the reviews it's fine that the wallet is a little bit tight. Now as the leather conforms to the cards it will stretch a bit and provide a little bit extra give so the center pocket fits fine. We've got four cards in there. Let's try to go for five. I think we'll get there easily. It is starting to get a little bit tight. That fits alright, lets go.
Another one back.
Let's get very tight. One two three four five six try. One more.
Seven.
Seven cards. Feels pretty good. Again after two weeks a week you may be able to fit another card or two inside the wallet.
I believe that was 7 right. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7 cards.
We'll see how that ranks. I am forgetting the numbers but I believe that is better than the Alpine Swiss are no better than the Alpine Swiss about the same as the Mutbak and the Viosi. Let's check the capacity of the this the money clip and you see this is double stitched here. So we didn't see that. In the Alpine Swiss which had a design, not similar, but this one does. So kudos for that. It's going to help with the durability and this feels like it it's going to hold a lot.
The only thing that concerns me is that enough to give you enough flex here. But let's give it a try. So we got 22 with the Viosi lets just jump up jump up and see if this guy can take the Viosi off the top of the mountain here.
So 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22.
22 bills. Nope.
OK twenty two bills is way too much so my my guesstimate was way off. There was no sticking it not just. OK. So let's try I don't know. 12 1 2 4 6 7 9 10 11 let's try 12 let's give it something. Fairly certain it'll handle. That is definitely 12 feels about its max. While it feels the magnet feels real strong it can handle 12. All. Right.
Let's jump up to 14 and get my head's facing the right way. All my bills lined up.
No, 14 is not going to cut. So 13.
All right. Thirteen bills where I'm calling this guy. More than Mutbak nowhere close to the number that the Alpine Swiss had. Was definitely has a It's definitely the king of the hill for capacity. All right. The leather smells fine has a more neutral smell in the then the Viosi. Smells a lot like the Mutbak.
Smells fine.
No issues with the leather as far as the smell the feel. Feels great. The stitching. It all looks really good and it's. Nylon. You can tell by the melted areas where the stitching ends.
As you saw double stitching there. Had no issues with the stitching.
Next let's do the scratch. So we're going to try to scratch this guy up Same sandpaper the 150 grit and same area just right here under this money clip. So. Feels good. No issues with how it feels looks color didn't change at all which is great. The best so far from the scratch test.
Leather feels good right.
That is it.
So let's go to the conclusions.
Just to wrap this.
All right. That's it. This is the Hanks belt leather money clip wallet time for the conclusions. So leather we're going to give it a really good grade there. It's goatskin. It feels soft. It's durable. The scratch test was excellent. The smell is good. It's a neutral smell similar to what we saw in the Mutbak stitching is really quality. So nylon thread and the turned edges are you know a hallmark of a hand made high quality leather. The leather is much much thicker than we've seen in any of the wallets before and the craftsmanship that goes into blending the pockets together is excellent. All pluses there. The capacity was a little lacking with seven cards. The cash capacity again a little bit lacking with 13 bills but about the run of the mill. This is your handmade option. Handmade in the USA. If you're looking for a made in the USA wallet this is definitely the one. Just remember you're not going to be able to carry much with it. So only the essentials. Oh and I forgot to mention this. I noticed this was crooked when I was checking it out. So that's something interesting. And it's up to you whether you know that's really a negative or not. All right. That's it for this wallet. Again my name is Trevor with leatherwallets.org. We're reviewing a bunch of money clip cardholder wallets that range in price from $9.99 Up to $95. And that wallet is coming up next. We've got the Leatherology.
So this one is a bit different from any of the wallets that we've reviewed so far. This one will have a retention clip instead of you know a magnet and it's a bifold. It's still a money clip cardholder wallet and I'll show you why once when we do that review. Make sure to check out the website. LeatherWallets.org. If you have any questions comments concerns definitely let me know. All right. Thanks guys. Goodbye. Hey one last thing I forgot to do with this Hanks Belts leather wallet is to test it for RFID. It doesn't state that it has it and looking at any of the pockets there doesn't look like there's any other material in there besides leather. So I did want to mention that if you're make sure you can see that if you're looking for a wallet that has RFID protection. You'll either have to modify this one or look somewhere else.
