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I thought I didn't like cardholders with a leather wallet portion, until I extensively tested the Double Oak's Founder's Wallet, which you see right here. In this video, I'm going to tell you exactly why that is, but also some things that I didn't quite like.
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Alright, so I recently went on record talking about how I didn't super like
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Xters Parliament Wallet and they had given me a while back to check out and I just wasn't
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super impressed by how thick it was. It was a plastic card holder on the inside and that kind of stuff
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And so I kind of thought I didn't really like these card holders with a leather surround
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And so that actually brings me to what I'm reviewing today. And that is Double Oaks Leather Wallet
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This specific variation is called the Founders Edition. And it's the same basic idea
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You basically have a card holder on the inside that holds up to seven cards
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And then on the outside, you have a kind of a leather surround wallet
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And you have cards that can fit in the back. You can have cards that fit on the inside
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And then you have a cash place in the inside there. You only have to fold that cash once
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And it's the same basic idea. But there's one big change. that, well, the card holder itself actually slides completely out of the wallet
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And it holds up to seven cards by ejecting it via a button right there
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And the other major difference being this is top grain leather. So while it follows a lot of the same characteristics as the extra parliament
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this is a much better wallet. And instead of being at near the bottom of my list of best wallets
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and this has actually become my new favorite wallet because it's just impressive
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So I went over really quick what this wallet is just a little bit of what this wallet is. quick what this wallet is, but in this video I'm going to be talking about what I do like
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and what I don't like about this wallet and then exactly who it is for. But before we get there
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I do want to say this wallet was gifted to me by the brand. However, I don't really ever
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guarantee any form of coverage unless I want to tell you about it. And in this case, obviously
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I do. And just in case during this video, you do want to purchase this wallet, I do have a link
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down in the description and the top comment for this wallet if you wanted to purchase it for
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yourself. Alright, so let's jump right into what I do like about this wallet. In the number
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one thing, and this is really what changed my mind on these leather wallets with a card
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holder in them is the fact that it is removable Now this is a really really cool wallet So you can have the best of both worlds You can have a really nice leather wallet So if you
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somebody that really likes a leather wallet, you can have that. However, you also have the
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capability of being able to just remove the card holder and just go because it cuts down a ton
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on the bulk and it just makes it so that it's really usable. Now, the major downside to it being
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that you just aren't going to have cash with you, but if you aren't somebody that uses a ton of
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cash like me, it's not a big deal. And then the next thing I really like about the wallet after
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using it for a couple weeks is just how nice the leather is. So this is top grain leather. It's
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not genuine leather. Anytime you see genuine leather, that's actually the lowest level of leather
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This is top grain. It's actually one of the highest levels of leather and it looks really nice and
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feels really nice and honestly even smells really nice. It has a really good smell to it. That's
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obviously something I can't show on video. However, it is starting to show. It's patina. After I have been using it for a couple weeks, you can kind of see how it is changing
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color a little bit. And that is a good thing with leather if you're seeing it change color. That
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means it really is a higher quality leather. And it is really nice all through and through
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This leather is incredible. And right when I opened up the packaging of this wallet, I was
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impressed by the quality. So the next thing I really do like about this wallet is the card
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holder portion of the wallet. It is really, really reliable. It works really, really well
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All you do is you push down on that lever right there and it pops up to seven cards out of the wallet
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Most card holders can only fit six. So it is nice to be able to have that extra card because I am somebody that holds a few more cards than I think the normal person does
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And that is really nice. And you can also hear it has a really nice click to it. I actually put it next to the microphone
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It has just a really, really satisfying click to it. So that is really nice
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And then right here it has a lockout. So you push up on that and it actually locks the card so that they won't fall out
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it, you can kind of hear them. It's not going anywhere because it does have that lockout
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A lot of other wallet companies essentially do a little bit of rubber on the inside, and I think
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there's a much more reliable and honestly a more satisfying version of that. And so you don't
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have to worry about cards falling out The next thing I like about the card holder portion is it MagSafe compatible While I am filming with my iPhone I can show you guys the magsafe compatible but it is There a little magsafe plate
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I think it's right behind here that you just basically pop it on the back of your iPhone and you go
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So that is really nice. You remove the leather portion and you can just pop this on the back of your phone
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You don't even have a wallet in your pocket outside of the one that's sticking on the back of your phone
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And then the final thing I really liked about the wallet is really the gold color
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This is what I really, really wanted. There are a lot of other colors that you can buy of this wallet, but this gold color is really
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really what I wanted. You can see it kind of shimmers, it has a really good matte feel to it, and I was really
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impressed by this color. It's just something a lot of the other wallets just don't have
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They all kind of are black or silver, that kind of stuff, and this one just really stands
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out in my collection of way too many wallets. And so those are the things I really like about the wallet
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There are just so much to like about it. However, there are some things that I didn't like about the wallet
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And the first one, again, comes to the cardholder portion. I was running into, I can't really get it to do it with these demo cards, but I was running into where the wallet would get jammed
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Now I did talk about the brand and they said they would replace the cardholder portion of anyone that is running into this
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However, both of the versions that I had of this wallet, I'm going to also do the Knights version here soon, so subscribe if you wanted to take a look at that review when it comes out
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But what would happen is basically I would eject it and then I would take one card out like this
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And then when I was ready to put it back, I would do that and then push down and it would jam
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So what I would have to do is basically pull all of them out ever so slightly and then push down
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And then it was able to go down. It's not really doing with these demo cards because I think they're brand new and so they're not having much wear anyways
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But it was happening quite a bit and it was happening to both the card holders. But again, the brand is saying that they would replace it under warranty if that was a problem that you run into
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And then the next thing that is just really indicative of these leather surround style wallets of
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having a card holder is that they are just thick. Now a good example of this is I have this
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aviur slide wallet that this brand had gifted me. And you can see there are cards inside of
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there just like there is in this wallet And you can see there is just a big difference in thickness Just leather adds so much thickness to wallets And you can see also size comparison right here The double oak is just considerably larger overall And that is a bit
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of a bummer. Now again, the card holder is removable, but when you are using the leather
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surround, it is noticeable in your pocket and honestly is quite large and is a major downside, I think
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for a lot of people. Now, the final verdict on this wallet and who exactly should be buying it. So my final
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verdict is, honestly, this is hands down my favorite wallet right now, just being so versatile
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in having a mag-safe card holder that's removable from the leather and the high-quality
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leather itself. And honestly, the pricing on these is lower than a lot of the kind of low-end
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versions of a lot of these other wallet companies. So for the price, you really can't beat it
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The quality on these is just impressive and just crazy for the price that you're paying
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It really goes to show maybe the other companies out there are maybe charging a little more than
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they have to because just the quality of this wallet shows that it doesn't have to be expensive
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if it's also nice. So as for who should buy it, I think the people that this really caters well
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to are people that are really liking their bifold or trifold wallets. They like the smell of
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leather, they like the feel, they like the patina, but they want to move to something a little
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bit more minimalistic. Having that really nice card holder that ejects cards is just so nice
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but you still get all of the great characteristics of a bifold wallet. So I would really really
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really recommend it towards those people. Now, if you're somebody that truly wants a true, true
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true minimalist wallet, this probably isn't for you, honestly. It is thick, it is bigger
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unless you remove it. Instead, I would probably recommend getting something like Knight's Edition
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right here. So this is a true card holder. They do sell those as well. And that probably is a
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better option for you, along with maybe something like a Ridgewallet or an Exter. But honestly
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if you're somebody that does like leather, this is probably for you. With all of that said, that is my
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review, I like it. It's topping the best of my minimalist wallet lists, and I highly recommend it
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And if you found this review at all helpful, make sure to subscribe to this video and like it
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as it does help me out in the algorithm, and I have videos like this coming out all the time
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And I'll see you next time
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