The Paper Wallet

I have been in the market for a new wallet. I wanted something small and cheap. This morning I came across the Paper Wallet via Instructables.com. It took me a few minutes to make it and man this thing is great. It’s small enough to carry in your front pocket, will hold 4 easy access credit/id cards, two more cards “locked away,” and a lot of cash. Perfect for me since I like to roll with a big wad of cash. Or not. But seriously, this was fun and should work great. My new paper wallet is literally half the size and thickness of my old leather one. There are already some hacks for this on the website from other users. Check it out.

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11 Comments

  1. Brad Williams

    I must be the worst oragami artist ever. I can’t do it.

    Posted April 24, 2007 at 2:46 pm | Permalink
  2. Joe Thorn

    Aw man. I feel bad that it wasted your time.

    Posted April 24, 2007 at 4:50 pm | Permalink
  3. Dan Barnett

    I have to say, Steve McCoy showed me his tonight. I held mine up to his, and his was about three times smaller than mine. Maybe this a good thing to try out.

    Posted April 24, 2007 at 8:53 pm | Permalink
  4. Steve McCoy

    Thanks Joe. I saw this in my feed reader on whatever site linked it, but I didn’t follow through. You made me take it seriously and now I use a paper wallet.

    Dan, do whatever Joe says. It’s always best. :)

    Posted April 24, 2007 at 9:38 pm | Permalink
  5. Dan Barnett

    Ok, just made it. Very easy to do. Not so sure about it. Ya think you can laminate it?

    Posted April 24, 2007 at 10:17 pm | Permalink
  6. Joe Thorn

    @ Dan: *sigh*

    Posted April 24, 2007 at 10:20 pm | Permalink
  7. james

    Re-enforced mine with some duct tape. Seems to work well.

    Posted April 25, 2007 at 10:08 am | Permalink
  8. Noah

    Hi Joe,

    I’m glad you liked the paper wallet! We’re running a DIY Wallet Challenge ending Sunday, so you should totally make a neat wallet to enter! Or if you don’t feel like making one, you can vote vote for someone else’s by just clicking the little “+” on the top right-hand corner of the screen.

    Thanks,
    Noah
    (for the Instructables team)

    Posted April 25, 2007 at 2:41 pm | Permalink
  9. jeremy

    wow…unbelievable…i’m not that crafty, but i managed to make one! my wife laughed, but i’m actually using it…it’s lasted 2 days now! thanks for the link, joe.

    Posted April 25, 2007 at 3:19 pm | Permalink
  10. Dan Barnett

    I don’t think I’ll use it for every day purposes, but it’s great for slacks or thin sweat pants, when you don’t want some buly wallet swinging around as you walk.
    Seriously, though, somebody should check into laminating one. It would last forever. :-)

    Posted April 25, 2007 at 3:28 pm | Permalink
  11. Christian

    Joe - you’re next challange is to make this or one of these … :-)

    Posted April 30, 2007 at 8:01 am | Permalink

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