I bought these as my first handkerchiefs after seeing handkerchiefs on a list of things every guy should have in his pocket, along with other essentials such as pocketknives. These are great to have for that. They are not that thick, but they are large with plenty of room to find clean space. I love them. Following suggestions I saw elsewhere, I keep one in my left pocket to use for me, and one in my back pocket to have clean in case someone else needs one. As long as the back one goes unused, I rotate it to the front pocket to use the next day. Formerly, I always had a couple tissues in my pocket, but they were rarely in suitable shape to share (even if they were unused, they were severely rumpled). I find that these go a lot further than tissues, plus I've always got a clean one on hand if there's a need. Excellent.