Original Wask Wallet:
I found out about Hunter and his company through YouTube on Mark Ward's Walletopia. The Original Wask wallet got the highest ever ranking by Mark
(4.6/5), tied with only one other wallet (the Franklin). That got me interested and I started browsing through Hunter's website. I was immediately impressed with his work and ordered several wallets, including the Original Wask wallet in Bordeaux Dollaro and Ocean Blue leather as photographed. So, far I have ordered 5 wallets from Hunter including 3 Shell Cordovan wallets. I am writing about the Original non-shell Wask wallet ( I have one in black Shell Cordovan as well), as this is the first of Hunter's wallet that I carried. I love the fact that I could choose my preferred colors and two different types of leather to give me not only contrasting colors, but textures, at the same price as a ready-to-ship wallet. I feel that his wallets are fairly priced (although some Shell Cordovan offerings can be quite pricey). The Original Wask wallet looks gorgeous. The leather has excellent smell and a crunchy sound when tightly held in the hand that conveys the feeling of holding a freshly made wallet with high quality leather.
The leather color options he has are many in number and visually pleasing. I also, had the opportunity to choose the rivets. The look of the wallet from the front is superb with the 4 rivets surrounding the beautiful company logo. The flap can be used in 3 different ways that improves usability of this wallet tremendously. One can use the flap as photographed covering the front compartment of the
wallet or may tuck it in behind the divider inside to expose an additional easy access card slot.
The flap can be slid out from under the outer layer of leather, and used as a cash wrap. In that case, however, one would lose use of the back easy access card slot, as the flap would cover the back of the wallet. Inside, the wallet is divided into 2 compartments-- I use the front compartment for a couple of commonly used cards and the back compartment for my archive cards and cash folded once. Outside on the back there is an easy access card slot with a circular thumb push opening. I believe that in the first version
the opening was triangular, but in the current iteration it has been changed. This update is brilliant! This thumb push opening has dual functionality-- it can be used to push out the easy access card or house an Apple AirTag, if one wishes to insert one. The inserted AirTag does not interfere with the easy
access card insertion and extraction. The wallet has ample space inside. I am carrying 7-8 cards (including one in the easy access slot on the back) and 5-6 slips of cash folded once without any difficulty even before the leather break-in period. I would advise other users to use the back
compartment inside the wallet for archive cards and not commonly used ones. The front compartment has a cut-out for easy extraction of cards, but the back one does not. May be the divider can have a similar cut-
out in the next version... but I am not a craftsman who can advise an expert like Hunter. Even with my cards and cash in, the Original Wask wallet is quite
thin, light and very suitable for front-pocket carry without being bulky. I am a minimalist leather wallet enthusiast who has collected wallets from North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. My next focus is on Africa (especially South Africa). I can definitely say that I agree with Mark Ward from Walletopia about the Wask wallet's high score and that in my opinion this wallet is currently tied for the first place with two other wallets in my collection. I commend
Hunter on his craftsmanship, artistry (his wallets are pieces of art), attention to details and his humility in dealing with customers. I highly recommend purchasing the Wask wallet (original or slim, in Shell Cordovan or not) without any reservation. Go Hunter! Go Willow Craft Goods team!!