Matthew's Journal

For a looong time (like, since about 1997), I've had one wallet. It did exactly what I wanted, and fitted in my pocket. Occasionally I'd think about replacing it, but could never find one with the same features. Sadly, a third party has managed to break it irretrievably, so I need to replace it. Ideally reasonably soon, since the current substitute has a couple of major UI bugs.

Rant first: why does no-where let you buy wallets by desired feature? I'm not interested in the branding on my wallet, I'm interested in its functionality. AFAICT, there isn't even a web-site that lets you do this, never mind a real shop - places selling wallets seem to just heap them up higgledy-piggledy, and leave you to rummage in vain.

Secondly, does anyone know where I might get a decent replacement? I'd show you pictures of the old one, but we don't own a digital camera. Its key features were:
i) bi-fold wallet (i.e it folds in half)
ii) two rear banknote sections
iii) at least 8 credit-card sleeves (the old one had a middle section, with 4 sleeves on each side, so you could pull cards out readily, as they all pulled out in the upwards direction, rather than having a flap you had to flip up, and pull cards down out of, like say this one, which I suspect would be troublesome in use)
iv) coin purse in the same orientation as the rest of the wallet (it was zipped, which I think was better than press-studded, but maybe I could cope with the latter) - this means you can faff with notes and coins at the same time without the coins falling out
v) could be poppered close (although I managed without when that functionality failed, so maybe this isn't so important)
vi) fits in my pocket
vii) black leather (though I'd take one that matched all the above if it didn't match this!)

ETA: this one is laid out similarly to how the card-holder in my old one was. I think it has only 1 notes section, though.