There are hundreds of different kinds of leathers out there. I do leathercrafting as a hobby and have bought many different types. This particular one will easily become marked. It is a less 'refined' leather, but quite durable. More than good enough for a wallet. The stitching and any non-leather linings it has are more likely to fail before the leather does.

Give it a good rub and it will look better, but still different than before it got marked.

The leather's characteristics - Yes that is exactly right.

Extreme? Ha! I thought so. I think I bought that exact same wallet about 10 years ago. Only used it for a week or 2 though. Long wallet did not suit me. Now it's just storing foreign currency in a drawer at home.
This is a very old post, but just clicking them, I see that all but the 2nd one are still active (on Instagram at least).

If you are asking just about the durability of the leather, I'd give it a solid 8/10. It looks and feels like cowhide. Relatively thick. Functional.

Depends what you would say is a 10. If 10 is a Swaine Adeney Brigg or Chester Mox, then it's a 0.5. Lol.

It's a cheap mass produced item produced with cheap leather and linings. Functional. Reasonably durable, won't fall apart for the next few years unless you abuse it. But still the base material and factory construction is cheap.

If Braun Buffell is a 10, then this is, yeah, a reasonable 7 or 8.

Yes, the full grain leather Extreme uses is cheap and durable leather.

Full grain is just a parameter. By itself, it doesn't tell you much. Some full grain leather are good, some are bad. Some are cheap, some are expensive.

No they won't. Their leathers are heavily finished. With coatings on the surface or fake grains (e.g. saffiano) or both. You might see some points of high wear/friction that have burnished slightly but that's about it.

Between Extreme and BB, the choice is mostly aesthetic. Choose the design you prefer. BB will have better non-leather materials (linings, zips, charms, etc) and prettier leather colours, but those are about the only advantages.

If cost and time is not a concern, and they have a design you like, why not one of the makers I listed before?

Some newer ones (since that post many years ago):
https://instagram.com/yb.leather
https://instagram.com/fu.leatherworks

I don't know their prices, but both of their works are far better than BB.

As I mentioned, if BB was a 10, Extreme would be a 7 or 8.

So Fu/YB > BB > Extreme

What kind of look are you after? Perhaps share some pics that you think look nice?

The leather Extreme uses will change with time, but because it's not a smooth leather, it's not the kind of look I'd associate with the word patina.

I see Fu has an assortment of Buttero leather. It does come in natural and also a number of colours. The natural will patina the most. Black almost not at all.

Here is a picture of a card holder/lanyard I made a few years ago using green Buttero, next to the original skin I cut it from. Is this the kind of patina you had in mind?