This holder functions as described. My husband wanted this to use as a passport / plane ticket carrier for our 2 week trip / cruise in Europe. It did serve its purpose, HOWEVER the smell of it was beyond belief. Although it is supposedly "leather", it was definitely NOT a nice leather smell but a sour, offensive smell. If you buy this, unwrap it a month or two before you need to use it and hang it outside to air. We hung it on our cabin's balcony in the salt air for two weeks and the smell was still present. It went in the trash on return home.