Unlike bracelets, cufflinks, ties, rings, or even watches, wallets are a necessity. Many like to call it an accessory, but accessories are optional. They can be left at home if desired. Wallet’s cannot.
Wallets have been around in some form or another for several hundred years. Actually longer if you include the bags and cases which were used for carrying heavier coins or exchangeable items, prior to the broad acceptance of paper notes. To this end, as money has evolved, so have the means to carry it. The evolution is easy to see why.
As we move into the buying season (which frankly is ALL the time) it’s time to lighten the load in our wallets...perform a wallet audit to understand what goes in them.
Handmade custom tie wallets…what’s so special about them? Men and women make a hobby out of purchasing all kinds of wallets and purses, but the sociological archeology behind them is fascinating.
It’s arduous, but a labor of love. There’s something cool about taking something that has been discarded and turning it into something useful. Tie wallets are cool!
Wallets have been around since the Archaic period and have appeared in every civilization in one form or another since that time. Presenting the brief history of wallets.
As many of you who follow Narwhal’s success know, it’s that we started building wallets from vintage men’s polyester ties in early 2007 in Venice Beach, California. When we say we were the “original recycled tie accessory” we’re not kidding.
