Crocodile Bi-Fold Wallet

Like most things out there, crocodile wallets come in bad, good, better and best. You can buy genuine or you can get imitation. To me, it's like the John Mayer song, "Gravity," where he says, "Twice as much ain't twice as good." When comparing two items that appear identical, and one is double the price of the other, you have to ask yourself what's up with that. A crocodile wallet can be had for under fifty bucks, for two-fifty or for two thousand five hundred plus. I'm pretty sure 40 times as much isn't 40 times as good, but that's a decision each has to make on his or her own.

One thing is for sure, though.  A well-made, genuine crocodile skin wallet is a NICE item.  These wallets (or billfolds) are unusual, unique and long lasting.  Oh sure, you could look at other exotics like rattlesnake, python, anaconda, stingray, ostrich, but nothing available has the combination of beauty, elegance, style and durability as a good croc wallet possesses.

Of course, it's always going to be a matter of personal taste.  But I believe that anyone doing any serious comparison-shopping for a new billfold (for oneself or as an eye-popping gift for someone special) will end up with a croc at the top of the list.  Once that decision's made, it's just a matter of finding the one that fits best in the current budget.

If you type  'GUCCI crocodile wallet' into your browser you'll find some really nice items but get ready for a shocker.  The first model they display, a sharp looking breast wallet made from "The most precious skin available, porous crocodile," lists for a cool $2,700.  Oops, maybe I read that wrong!  Nope, it's twenty-seven hundred.  They must charge extra for the gold-embossed Gucci name in the lower right –hand corner!  I imagine it also comes with a letter of authenticity like the Ralph Lauren offering that sells for just under eighteen hundred.  Sorry guys.  They're nice, but just a tad out of my price range.

Like the old saying goes, "If you have to ask how much, you probably can't afford it!"  I'm guessing most of these high-dollar units are bought by someone other than the end user, as a gift.  I mean, who's going to be able to justify spending nearly three grand for a couple pieces of leather sewn together unless it's as a gift to someone else?  I wonder what kind of wallet Bill Gates or Rupert Murdock carry?  Probably rip-stop nylon and Velcro.  Ha ha… nah… that's just a joke.

Seriously, though, you can find any number of nice crocodile wallets for somewhere between fifty and two hundred fifty dollars and some that even look just like the really high priced models (you can always have the gold 'Gucci' added later).  At those prices, you won't find a more beautiful, elegant, classy and durable wallet for the money.