The Hand-Stitched Italian Bifold Your Grandfather Carried, Direct From the Tuscan Workshop
Full-grain vegetable-tanned leather from Santa Croce sull'Arno, saddle-stitched by hand with waxed thread, edges burnished with beeswax. A classic back-pocket bifold built to outlast you, sold straight from Lorenzo Romano's bench.
Borgo Italian Full-Grain Bifold Wallet
$67.00
Why the Wallet You Bought Two Years Ago Is Already Peeling
Most "genuine leather" wallets in the mall are bonded leather: ground-up scraps glued together and coated to look like a hide. The coating flakes, the fold cracks, and the machine stitch lets go at the spine. Then you buy another one.
Most of a Boutique Price Never Reaches the Leather
The hide, the thread and the hours on the bench are the smallest part of the number on the tag. The rest pays for importers, distributors, store rent and the label. The same Tuscan leather sells for $150 under a heritage name.
One Craftsman, One Workshop in Tuscany, Three Generations
Lorenzo Romano's grandfather opened the workshop in 1923. Lorenzo has cut, stitched and burnished every bifold himself for decades: 42 stitch holes punched by hand, 42 passes of waxed thread, edges rubbed with beeswax until they glow. This is his final batch.
Four Things You Notice the First Time You Hold It
What separates a real full-grain bifold from a mall wallet
What Separates It From an Ordinary Mall Wallet
Six things that decide whether it lasts two years or thirty
Borgo Bifold
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| Full-grain vegetable-tanned Italian leather | ||
| Hand saddle-stitched with waxed thread | ||
| Edges burnished by hand with beeswax | ||
| Develops a rich patina instead of peeling | ||
| 6 card slots, ID window, full-length bill pocket | ||
| 30-day money-back guarantee, free US shipping |
Full-grain leather · Hand-stitched · 30-day guarantee
What Borgo Owners Write to the Workshop
Men who have carried leather for decades, writing after the Borgo reached their back pocket.
Morning One: Move Your Cards Over and Forget It Is There
Take it out of the tissue, slide in your cards, your license and your cash, and put it in your back pocket. The leather is firm on day one and softens to your shape within a week. From then on it only gets better.
A Christmas Gift He Will Carry Every Day, for Decades
Here is what ships to you:
· 1 Borgo hand-stitched bifold in full-grain Italian leather
· 6 card slots, ID window, full-length bill compartment
· Wrapped in tissue, ready to give
Common Questions Before You Order
Straight answers for anyone tired of replacing wallets.