So much of the paperwork of airline travel has gone digital these days, especially if you fly domestically. However, given how tenuous international cooperation feels now, physical passports, customs declaration forms, visa certificates, and other critical international travel documents are likely to stick around for a while.
As such, a good passport wallet should come in handy for years, if not decades, to come, and Nomad’s new made-in-the-USA Horween leather version is the smartest take I’ve seen on the travel EDC essential.
That’s mainly due to a few key details. The highlight here is a quick access flap with a magnetic and silicone attachment mechanism, making it easy to securely stash and quickly pull out oversized travel documents in the wallet.
There’s also an interior slot for an international SIM card and SIM card removal tool, though with the rising adoption of eSIMs in smartphones, this could feel pointless soon.
The more expensive pen edition also features a magnetic slot to hold a writing instrument and one of the brand’s refillable Steel and Aluminum Pens, designed around a Schmidt P900 ink cartridge. Since the writing instrument alone normally retails for $50, paying just $40 for the Pen Edition of the Passport Wallet is a minor cost savings.
Internal storage consists of 4 slots for credit cards and 3 large slots for other items.
