SF0 / 1netN1nja / Antiwallet Freedom Venture

15 + 74 points

Antiwallet Freedom Venture by Saint

March 11th, 2007 5:22 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: For three days, carry all of the things you normally carry in a wallet or purse in a non-standard receptacle. This receptacle could be a paper bag, a burlap sack, a cup, a piece of soft food, your hand, etc. This task will not be accepted and scored if the receptacle is too standard! No pockets or prefabricated bags - nothing that can be construed as being engineered for carrying credit cards, cash, driver's license, and whatever else you have in your wallet. Extraordinary proofs will be scored accordingly - significant bonus points for baking your personal effects into a cake that you bring around and eat to access items when necessary.

I decided to go for an extremely protective design, and why not use something from the kings of protection, a turtle. Luckily i happened to have a full turtle shell laying around, and so, with the help of a pack of orbits gum, and copious amounts of sticky tack, i created a wallet. Though it is only portable when i am wearing baggy cargo pants, it fits my grip nicely.

Day One, Friday: People were fairly interested in the shell, i made several amusing excuses, as well as told the truth. They tended to accept the excuses more regularly than the truth. Most people have apparently never seen a turtle shell wallet. My biggest worry during this whole experience is that the shell will get damaged, it is an old shell of a box turtle that my grandpa gave to me, so it means something too me, though i wouldn't die, because i still would have the pieces. I did find that when you have a wallet made of a stong calcium material, you can hit your friends with it when they bug you too much.

Day Two, Saturday: I have realized that choosing an item which most people find as little value, makes it less vulnerable to theft. Therefore, my wallet is a turtle shell, who's gonna seriously steal a turtle shell. I also am becoming a little irritated at the inconvenience of getting things out of my wallet, it requires that i practically take the carefully placed orbits pack out, and then try and replace it every time.

Day Three, Sunday: Well i am so glad that it was my last day today. Though it was fun to have a replacement, and participate in this task. it was way too tedious, and annoying to have such a bulky, unconventional wallet. Plus i wont need to worry about it getting broken, or damaged anymore. I took it to Uwajimaya today, it was almost normal there, i think because most things there are already so abnormal. This has been a very interesting experience, walking around in an Asian market, with a strange bulge on the left side of my pants, i don't think i shall do it again soon.
oh and for all those wondering, NO I DIDN'T KILL THE TURTLE!!! IT DIED ON IT'S OWN!!!

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The bottom

here is a bottom view, you can see how it is held together with the tape and sticky tack.

The whole thing

it's a box turtle shell, two halves held together by sticky tack and tape.

Size comparison

as you can see at roughly 7 and a half inches, it is hardly pocket worthy

Close up

here's a better look at the adhesives

The hidden secret

this is the main secret behind how all of my stuff staying put inside. I sticky tacked in an empty box of orbits gum on the bottom half of the shell. The top opened out through the opening so i could access my cards and money. Orbits packs are quite good at holding cards.

The open shell

This is what the shell looks like with the halves seperated, the gum pack would have been between the two connection joints on the smaller half at the right of the pic.