This is a card carrier that lives on the back of a MagSafe iPhone or a MagSafe case, holds 1 to 3 cards, measures 10.3 x 7.3 cm (4.06 x 2.87 in). It is handmade from calfskin embossed with a crocodile pattern, sealed to a glossy finish, lined with microfiber and hand-sewn with a saddle stitch. The composition is 95% calfskin leather and 5% napa leather, and the GENTCREATE logo is hot-stamped in gold by hand on the front. It is the smallest and least expensive piece we make in this crocodile emboss, and it is a card carrier rather than a wallet: magnets hold it to a phone, so what goes in it should be what you tap all day, not what you would hate to lose.
Key facts
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Holds 1 to 3 cards: one is easy, two is the everyday load, three is the ceiling.
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Magnets, not a pocket: it attaches to a MagSafe iPhone or a MagSafe case and comes away with a deliberate pull.
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10.3 x 7.3 cm (4.06 x 2.87 in): the size and weight of the piece itself, empty.
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95% calfskin leather, 5% napa leather: calfskin on the face that takes the handling, napa where a card passes.
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Crocodile-embossed, not printed: the scale pattern is pressed into the hide, so it has relief you can feel and it cannot peel away the way a surface print does.
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Microfiber lining: a soft inner face, so cards go in and come out without their printing being scraped.
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Gold logo on the front: hot-stamped by hand, pressed into the leather rather than printed onto it.
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Fingerprint resistant and dust resistant, not scratch resistant: the sealed gloss shrugs off skin oils and wipes clean, but it will collect fine marks.
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No sleeve for notes, no place for coins: cards only. If banknotes and change are part of your day, this is not the piece.
What it holds: 1 to 3 cards
One to three cards is the whole capacity. One card sits in comfortably, two is the everyday load, three is the practical ceiling. There is no sleeve for banknotes and no place for coins, because a piece cut this thin cannot take them and still disappear behind a phone. If your daily carry is a bank card, an ID, a transit card, a work badge and a few loyalty cards, you want a full cardholder or a bifold with a cash slot instead, and we make both.
How it holds on, and when it lets go
Magnets hold this to the back of a MagSafe iPhone or a MagSafe case. That is the appeal: nothing to unzip, nothing riding in a pocket, the card you tap most traveling with the phone you never put down anyway. A magnetic attachment is not a closed pocket. Set the phone on a magnetic car mount, a magnetic charger or a magnetic stand and the mount can lift the cardholder off the phone, because gripping the back of a phone is precisely what a mount is built to do. Pull the phone out of a tight pocket or a bag sleeve quickly and the cardholder can stay behind. Neither is a fault, and neither is particular to us: it is how every stick-on card carrier behaves. So put the cards you could replace with one phone call in it, and keep your passport, your only bank card and anything irreplaceable somewhere that closes.
The leather: crocodile-embossed calfskin, sealed glossy
The outer face is calfskin embossed with a crocodile scale pattern and finished with a leather sealant, which is where the gloss comes from. The composition is 95% calfskin leather and 5% napa leather, with a microfiber lining inside. The emboss earns its place beyond the look: raised scales break up the surface, so light moves across it instead of sitting flat, and the everyday marks that a smooth polished panel shows instantly read far less on a textured one. It hides them better; it does not prevent them. Napa is the softer, close-grained leather we use where a card has to pass in and out, because it lets the card go without stripping the print off its face. If the material this pattern imitates interests you, our long read on crocodile leather covers what the real hide is and why the pattern is worth pressing into calfskin.
Is this real crocodile skin? No, it is embossed calfskin
We emboss the crocodile pattern into calfskin. There is no crocodile hide in this piece. It is a deliberate choice: it keeps this piece clear of exotic-skin sourcing, and it means we can make you the same thing in the same finish years from now, which is not a promise a genuine exotic hide would let us keep. What you get is the architecture of the scale pattern on a leather we control from the tannery onward, so it wears evenly.
Hand-sewn, hot-stamped, and the size and weight
It measures 10.3 x 7.3 cm (4.06 x 2.87 in). It is handmade and hand-sewn with a saddle stitch, where each stitch is locked on its own, so a single broken thread cannot run a seam open the way a machine lock stitch can. That matters more here than on a piece that sits in a pocket, because a stick-on carrier is handled every time the phone is, and the border stitching is the part your thumb finds. The GENTCREATE logo is hot-stamped in gold by hand on the front. On pieces that open we put the stamp inside; this one has no inside face to use, so the mark goes on the front, pressed into the leather rather than glued or printed onto it, which is why handling wears the gloss around it long before it touches the stamp.
Is this the right piece for you
Choose this if: you carry one to three cards, you already use a MagSafe iPhone or a MagSafe case, and you want the card you tap to travel with the phone rather than in a second object. It is the least expensive way into our crocodile emboss, so it is also the sensible piece to start with if you want the leather and the gloss in your hand before committing to something larger, and it is the natural companion to a phone case carrying the same pattern.
Look elsewhere if: you carry notes, coins, or more than three cards. Look elsewhere too if you want your cards behind something that closes, or if a magnetic mount or magnetic charger is part of your daily routine, because you will be reuniting the two objects more often than you want to. And if a glossy finish that collects fine marks would bother you, a matte leather will keep you happier than this one will. If you are still weighing formats against each other, our comparison of slim, minimalist and card holder styles sets out the trade-offs.
Caring for a glossy embossed finish
The sealant does most of the work. A dry or barely damp cloth brings the shine back, and because the surface is fingerprint resistant and dust resistant, that is usually the entire routine. This leather is not scratch protected: keys and coins loose in the same pocket will mark it, and the emboss disguises those marks better than a smooth panel would without stopping them. Keep alcohol wipes, hand sanitizer and household cleaners away from it, because they cut through the sealant and leave a dull patch that will not buff out. A sealed finish needs far less feeding than an open-pored leather, so a light neutral conditioner once a year at the corners, and only where the leather looks dry, is plenty. One habit specific to a piece that rides on a phone: lift it off rather than dragging it across the phone, and wipe the back of the phone when you do, because grit caught between the two is what puts the first mark on both. If it gets soaked, blot it and let it dry at room temperature, never on a radiator.
Questions buyers ask
How many cards does it hold? 1 to 3 cards. One sits in comfortably, two is the everyday load, three is the ceiling.
Does it hold cash or coins? No. There is no sleeve for banknotes and no place for coins. It carries cards and nothing else.
Is this real crocodile leather? No. It is calfskin embossed with a crocodile pattern, sealed to a glossy finish. You get the scale texture without exotic-skin sourcing.
Will it stay on my phone? On a MagSafe iPhone or a MagSafe case it holds through normal carrying. It will come off if you set the phone on a magnetic mount, charger or stand, and it can stay behind if you yank the phone out of a tight pocket. That is true of every magnetic card carrier, ours included.
Does it work over a phone case? Yes, provided the case is a MagSafe case with magnets in it. On a case without magnets there is nothing for it to grip.
What size and weight is it? 10.3 x 7.3 cm, or 4.06 x 2.87 in,.
Is it scratch resistant? No. It is fingerprint resistant and dust resistant, but the glossy finish will pick up fine marks with daily use.
Does it block RFID? No. There is no RFID blocking built in. If you need contactless shielding, buy a piece that states it.
What is it made of, and where is the logo? 95% calfskin leather and 5% napa leather, crocodile-embossed and sealed glossy, lined with microfiber and hand-sewn with a saddle stitch. The GENTCREATE logo is hot-stamped in gold by hand on the front.
