This wallet is made from one sheet of high tech tyvek. Tyvek looks like paper but it is actually made of thousands of long plastic fibers that interlock in random patterns creating a surface that is virtually indestructible yet thin, lightweight and is actually lighter than water.
Tear and Water resistant
Since stitching is always the first thing that rips in any wallet Terrence Kelleman designed this wallet without stitches from one single sheet. Tyvek is also water resistant which protects against the humidity in your pocket which softens and destroys most leather wallets.
Expandable
The wallet starts very thin but will expand as you fill it. It is designed to grow with use but not stretch or tear. As the tyvek wears in it will get soft and patina but not break.
Stealthy storage
Not only is the tyvek wallet discrete it also has a secret storage area you can use to keep some contents out of sight from roaming eyes. There are eight clever styles available (See Styles).
Green design
Tyvek is a grade 2 recyclable HDPE and is made from 25% post-consumer content making it a green product that can be recycled after many years of use.
Super paper
Tyvek is half as light as paper but incredibly tear-resistant. If you've ever received an express mail envelope and tried to tear it open then you know just how tough tyvek really is.
STYLES
The tyvek is printed with different designs that play off the idea of a paper wallet.
Dot Matrix Wallet - Satisfy your inner geek
If you get that warm fuzzy feeling when you see Dot Matrix printer type then our new Tyvek Wallets printed in a classic dot matrix font with the first 3,000 digits of pi will get your old daisy wheel spinning again.
Par Avion Wallet - Reminders of snail mail yester-years
Our new Par Avion wallet brings back that youthful excitedness you used to get when you saw an international mail envelope for the first time (you just had to have one even if you didn't know anyone outside the USA).
Newspaper Wallet - Parlez-vous Deutsch oder Italiano?
You'll be sure to leave an impression with every teller, cashier or lucky beneficiary of your gratitude when they see your Italian flair, your savoir-faire, and your poignant zeitgeist with our new international newspaper wallet.
Leatherette Wallet - Raw Hide HDPE
No animals were harmed in the production of our "Raw Hide" take on the standard leather wallet. Using the inherent variances in the ink saturation as a way of simply imitating the patterns and creases in natural leather, this classic look still keep’s them guessing when they see how thin it is.
Tyvek history
"The fiber used in Tyvek was discovered in 1955. A DuPont researcher named Jim White noticed an unusual, stringy material leaking from a pipe used for transporting polyethylene polymers. While most extruded fibers were individual strands, the polyethylene fibers separated and came back together in a highly resilient web. The strong and light polyethylene structure kicked off a 12-year quest to create a commercially viable extrusion process - and a decades-long struggle for DuPont to figure out its potential. The nonwoven was initially tried as book-cover and furniture-tag material. There was talk of using it for wallpaper and for wrapping bedsprings. By 1970, single-use Tyvek protective suits were for sale, and in 1975, Federal Express started making envelopes of Tyvek. Car covers and weatherproofing for buildings followed."[1]
Tyvek® is a brand of spun bonded olefin, a synthetic material made of high-density polyethylene fibers; the name is a registered trademark of the DuPont Company
High resolution photography available online:
Go to www.dynomighty.com
Click on the "Press" link at the top, then the "High Resolution Photography"
Enter Password: dynomighty
Preview all the available images online and then click on an image to "enlarge" a photo. When the image opens in a new window you can click and save it to your local drive. (PC users = right mouse click, Mac users = click and hold until save as appears)
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