I think I've bought Buxton wallets off and on for over 30 years. I've never been disappointed with them and they really hold up. I'd normally get tired of mine before they wore out. My last wallet was Kenneth Cole and it lasted about 18 months before the zipper broke and the part that's not leather began to split. Total disappointment! Now, I ordered this wallet in a hurry and thought I was ordering a checkbook size. This wallet is smaller (it's my fault for not pulling out my ruler!). Also, if you put very much in your wallet, this is not the wallet for you. I have minimal credit cards and I do not carry pictures in my wallet and it is stretched to it's limit on the 2nd snap closure. Perhaps if I had a seprate coin purse it would be OK but I think my wallet should handle change as well as the few things I carry in it. This is a lovely, quality wallet but it truly doesn't fit my personal needs.