thanks Huffmanite, I ended up buying one off the counter like you said for about 11 dollars at CVS in New Braunfels. the manager was walking by and I asked him if they had had any come back and he said never, none had ever been returned by unhappy customers. So I got one.
I can tell you that I love it. you pop it open and all of your stuff is spread out and you can easily grab a credit or library or DL card without them rubbing up against each other.
the old way in my leather wallet I had to slide them in pockets and I had to take one out at a time to get the right one, then when getting gas or something I had to slide em all back out to make sure I put the one I used back in my wallet. meanwhile the black bar gets all scraped up.
so I'm really happy.
Hey man if you ever get out around 45 south in the Dickinson area there is a place down there called the Arms room. they used t be in a small place in a strip center in League City then now they have a HUGE place in Dickinson. lots of old military arms as well as new stuff. Its worth at least an hour just lookin around. thought you might like it. they have one section that is just somebody's collection and it will blow your mind.