TheSummit - A slim minimalist wallet - card holder/money clip

update 3/20/2023 - added an update/change log section below

A friend of mine recently challenged me to design and print a minimalist wallet based on a popular, yet pricey, one he saw online. Even though there are plenty of these available to print already, i took the challenge to see if i could follow these strange little items down into the depths their respective rabbit holes.

Questions about the difference between a wallet and a card holder ... what kind of things do you really need to carry with you? ... is it just about forms of money? ... what do you want in your pocket? ... why not just use your pocket? ... does everyone have pockets? ... is a wallet just a portable pocket? ... no i have to stop ...

I did that, probably a little too much. So I present to you 'TheSummit.' A minimalist wallet that's definitely not borrowing design elements heavily form said popular minimalist wallet (mine rises higher anyway and avoids silly relationships to the word "fold".)

This design did present some challenges that needed to be accounted for, and from examples I've seen, some pitfalls to at least explain.

1. Yes there are screws, and yes they are not counter sunk. The original screw version uses 14x M3 4mm machine screws. You have to sandwich the elastic in between the two plates somehow. It is doubled in places - and with sewing that can create some thickness - you want some strength to hold it all together. Pan head screws keep the screw holes small, and the…