Colonel Littleton Genuine Leather Front Pocket Wallet with Flap is a flap-closure front-pocket wallet — the flap snaps closed over the card slots so cards don’t slide out when you pull the wallet from a deep pocket. The piece is built from full-grain American steerhide with a single nickel-plated snap and stitched-leather edges. The leather is dye-finished by hand, meaning the surface variation in color and grain is part of the character — each piece reads as individually made rather than punched out of a sheet.
This works for front-pocket carry where the user prefers a positive close over the slimmer flapless style — also useful for travel or hiking. The full-grain hide develops patina with daily use — the rub-shine on the high points, the deepening of the dye in the creases, the slight molding to whatever the carrier puts in it. Pieces last decades when oiled occasionally with a leather conditioner; they don’t wear out the way bonded-leather or split-hide pieces do.
Colonel Littleton makes its leather goods in Lynnville, Tennessee — a small workshop founded by Gus Littleton in 1987 that handcrafts wallets, belts, briefcases, key wallets, possibles pouches, and small leather goods using full-grain American hide and traditional saddle-maker techniques. Made in the USA.
