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In this guide
The Note Sleeve is the Bellroy wallet most people mean when they say they own a Bellroy. It is a folding billfold with three slots on the inside face, a pull-tab pocket behind them for the cards you touch once a month, a full-height section for flat bills, and a small pocket for coins. Bellroy lists the leather version at $95 in the US with RFID shielding built in.
The point of the design is capacity without bulk: the brand rates it for 4 to 11 cards, and the shape is tall enough to take currencies that do not fold as neatly as a US dollar. Whether that flexibility matters is the whole decision. If your carry has already shrunk to a phone and two cards, this wallet solves a problem you no longer have.
Our verdict
A well-specified $95 billfold for a carry that includes bills and coins; the pull-tab layout keeps it slim only if you sort your cards honestly.
- A good fit for
- A person who carries five to eight cards plus paper money and wants one wallet that also works abroad with taller banknotes.
- We would skip it if
- You pay by phone and carry three cards, or you want the thinnest possible object in a front pocket.
Reasons to consider it
- Rated capacity of 4–11 cards with three quick-access slots and a pull-tab pocket
- Full-height bill section takes flat bills of most currencies, plus a coin pocket
- RFID shielding and a three-year warranty from the maker
The compromises
- At 0.4 inches it is a billfold, not a cardholder, and pockets notice the difference
- The pull-tab pocket only stays convenient if the rarely used cards really are rarely used
- The composition is 70% leather, not all leather, and the brand does not name the tannery
What we have not verified: The wallet was not carried here; the break-in of the leather, the durability of the pull tab, and how the coin pocket behaves when full were not assessed.
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Note Sleeve · Premium Leather, Black
Three quick slots, a pull-tab pocket for the overflow, a bill section that takes taller notes flat, and a coin pocket, all in a 0.4-inch leather fold with RFID shielding.
Before you buy: It is thicker than a cardholder by design, the leather blend is 70% leather, and wear on the pull tab was not tested here.
Price checked September 11, 2026. Retailer prices can change.Three slots up front, the rest behind a pull tab
Bellroy rates the Note Sleeve for 4 to 11 cards. The number is honest only when read with the layout: three quick-access slots on the inside face are the daily cards, and everything else goes into a pocket behind them that you open by pulling a leather tab. The pull-tab pocket is where the sleeve gets its capacity, and it is also the part that turns into a stack you have to thumb through if you overfill it.
The bill section runs the full height of the wallet, which is the reason it is taller than most billfolds at 4 by 3.6 inches. Bellroy's own pitch is that pounds, euros and yen sit flat without folding, and that is true of the geometry. There is also a coin pocket, and the brand suggests using the rear slot of the bill section for business cards so they stay clean. Coins are the one thing that will add visible thickness quickly.
Leather from LWG gold tanneries, mixed with recycled polyester
Bellroy describes the material line simply: leathers come only from tanneries rated gold by the Leather Working Group, and the listed composition of the wallet is 70% leather, 25% recycled polyester and 5% other materials. Bellroy does not say which parts are which, but a lining and an RFID layer account for a share of that polyester. Nobody should read 70% as a defect; it does mean the wallet is a layered build, not a single hide folded over.
The weight is 1.3 ounces and the closed thickness is 0.4 inches before anything goes inside. Eight leather colors are offered in the US at the same $95, from Black through Hazelnut, and a leather-alternative version in the brand's INNOVERA material sits at the same price. The RFID shielding is part of the leather edition rather than an upcharge.
Three years, and what the fine print asks of you
Wallets sit in Bellroy's three-year warranty tier; bags get six years and luggage ten. The coverage is for faults in materials or workmanship under normal use, and the brand is explicit that a wallet packed so full the stitching is under constant strain is not normal use. That clause matters for a wallet advertised at 11 cards: the rating is the ceiling, and living at the ceiling is on you. A claim needs a verifiable receipt or order record and goes through email with photographs.
On price, $95 buys a full billfold where the Cuyana Fold Cardholder, listed at $78, buys four slots and a snap. The two are not competing for the same pocket. The $17 difference is small next to the difference in what each can hold, and the choice should be made on your carry, not on the price gap.
Skip it if the phone already pays
The Note Sleeve is a good answer to a question fewer people ask each year. If your bills live in a phone app and your cards fit in a cardholder, a billfold with a coin pocket is thickness you will carry and never use. The wallet is at its best for someone who still handles cash weekly, travels with foreign notes, or needs eight cards on hand and wants them sorted into daily and occasional.
Also pass when a wallet has to stay flat under load. Two or three coins and a full pull-tab pocket will show in a trouser pocket, and Bellroy's own capacity warning suggests the brand knows how people fill these. Buy it for the layout, not for a slimness claim that depends on your discipline more than on the leather.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- Bellroy: Note Sleeve product page (opens in a new tab)
- Bellroy: Product warranties (opens in a new tab)
- Cuyana: Fold Cardholder product page (opens in a new tab)
