Origami Wallet

November 4, 2018 4:51 PM

Fold your own wallet.

Different version.

posted by misozaki (32 comments total)

I do believe that is the most impractical wallet I have ever seen (skip to the end and watch them put notes in it).
posted by unliteral at 5:02 PM on November 4, 2018 [4 favorites]

Oh, a women's wallet, not a billfold as I'd expected. I wondered what they were doing with all those accordion folds.

Very clever, I like origami.
posted by Horkus at 5:36 PM on November 4, 2018

Huh, I think this is pretty cool! It's not hugely less practical than any of a number of other carry-all wallets I've seen (and it's worth noting that Japanese banknotes are significantly stiffer and noticeably larger than American dollar bills). I can't imagine folding one myself, but it's cool that something like this is out there in the world, existing
posted by DoctorFedora at 5:40 PM on November 4, 2018

And when you run out of yen, a couple refolds and you have a little dinosaur.
posted by sammyo at 5:42 PM on November 4, 2018 [2 favorites]

Before I click on the link, is the video paper-view?
posted by Greg_Ace at 6:28 PM on November 4, 2018 [31 favorites]

the great thing about this is that you can turn it into a origami folding knife when someone tries to rob you
posted by Foci for Analysis at 6:39 PM on November 4, 2018 [5 favorites]

Very nice.

I almost went to work for a Silicon Valley web startup focusing on origami a few years ago; sadly, they folded.
posted by zaixfeep at 6:48 PM on November 4, 2018 [30 favorites]

I want to watch this video, but I also want to keep refreshing this page for the puns... I guess you could say I'm torn.
posted by zerolives at 7:11 PM on November 4, 2018 [4 favorites]

sadly, they folded.

What would expect from giving creatives access to commercial paper other than a horrendous burn rate and no real value in crease?
posted by flabdablet at 7:17 PM on November 4, 2018 [11 favorites]

I guess you could say I'm torn

That pun was a ripper.
posted by flabdablet at 7:20 PM on November 4, 2018 [3 favorites]

is the video paper-view?

Look what you started, Greg_Ace. I hope you're proud of yourself ಠ_ಠ
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 7:58 PM on November 4, 2018 [3 favorites]

You have no idea!
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:05 PM on November 4, 2018 [6 favorites]

ಠ_ಠ
posted by flabdablet at 9:15 PM on November 4, 2018 [3 favorites]

Am I the only one alarmed by how this thread is unfolding?
posted by shoesfullofdust at 11:01 PM on November 4, 2018 [4 favorites]

No doubt the silliness will only increase.
posted by zardoz at 11:49 PM on November 4, 2018 [2 favorites]

There are many layers to this thread.
posted by kinnakeet at 12:37 AM on November 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

Look what you started, Greg_Ace. I hope you're proud of yourself ಠ_ಠ

Greg_Ace: "I crane, I saw, I conquered"
posted by taz at 1:32 AM on November 5, 2018 [2 favorites]

These puns are tearable.
posted by freethefeet at 3:05 AM on November 5, 2018 [4 favorites]

I love puns, but I have been thinking about making an origami wallet out of this 150-foot roll of Tyvek house wrap that I’ve got in my workshop. Now I will be distracted by trying to come up with new puns so....ah, the hell with it.
posted by wenestvedt at 3:45 AM on November 5, 2018

Impressive technique. I especially like how the two pieces of paper remain stationery when folded together.
posted by emelenjr at 4:01 AM on November 5, 2018 [2 favorites]

flabdablet, thanks. That was remarkable.

Youtube pointed me at The Avalanches.
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 4:40 AM on November 5, 2018 [3 favorites]

This is timely, as my husband just walked into the living room and said, "I need a new wallet, do you have one I can use?" And I was like, do you... actually... think... I have a cache of spare wallets somewhere?

Now he can make his own!
posted by lollymccatburglar at 5:50 AM on November 5, 2018 [5 favorites]

Oh, a women's wallet, not a billfold as I'd expected.

Second one looks to be more what you (and I) expected. But I thought the first one particularly had some really clever squash folds. I've had a couple Tyvek wallets and really liked them, so this kinda makes me want to get a roll and make a bunch for people. Then again, I've already got a sewing pattern I banged together after watching the how-it's-made gif at the bottom of this page about a thousand times, and I've still never gotten around to actually putting one together, so I should probably hold off on the bulk Tyvek order.

I tried to come up with some cutting paper pun, but I'm drawing a blank.
posted by solotoro at 6:37 AM on November 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

By the way, for more fancy foldin' check out some clever "moneygami" origami bank notes for your wallet by Yosuke Hasegawa.
posted by taz at 7:35 AM on November 5, 2018

As this pun paper trail wears on, it threatens to completely envelope the entire thread.
posted by BigHeartedGuy at 12:00 PM on November 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

Fortunately it doesn't seem to have put a crimp in the more serious discussion.
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:06 PM on November 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

it threatens to completely envelope the entire thread

Meh. Let's not get in a flap about it.
posted by flabdablet at 4:54 PM on November 5, 2018 [2 favorites]

I hate you all.
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:08 PM on November 5, 2018

I liked the second vid, but this post could have been padded. There are reams of good origami vids out there. Y'all are papering over this issue.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 6:55 PM on November 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

That's a tissue of lies! Anyway, you could essay an attempt to gather new links - it's not a stationery art form, after all.
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:33 PM on November 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

Wait, what is this tune from that TISM song? Because it seems to have been used by Andrew Lloyd-Weber.
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 5:19 AM on November 6, 2018

It is a mystery. Perhaps we should call in the F.B.I.
posted by flabdablet at 6:58 AM on November 6, 2018 [1 favorite]