Best alligator leather wallets

Start here: the Alligator Cognac Bifold from Yoder Leather Company. It's the one that reads as a real alligator wallet — Florida alligator hide, your choice of 6 or 8 card slots and a leather lining — and it's made by a small leather shop rather than a marketplace reseller. Best balance of hide, build and everyday size.

Who the others suit:

• Alligator Skin Card Holder (Southern Trapper) — if you carry a few cards and want a slim front-pocket wallet; six slots, two document pockets.
• KOehLy alligator card holder — a compact bifold-style card holder when you want something smaller than a billfold.
• Genuine crocodile hornback bifold (black) — if you want the bold scaled hornback look in black.
• Pelgio backbone bifold (cobalt blue) — a colourful, softer-scaled option at the entry end.
• Torino Genuine Alligator Billfold (Ted's Clothiers) — the dressiest, most traditional billfold here, with calfskin lining and a bill divider; pick it if you want a classic luxury billfold.
• Alligator Billfold (Amazon) — a straightforward, well-rated billfold if you'd rather keep it simple.

Two cautions: the Marshal wallets are cheap but barely alligator in any meaningful sense, and the Gator Goods "Bifold Wallet" lists a polyurethane outer, so it isn't alligator leather at all.