A chance incident in which Alternative Oyster founder, and fan of the “steam punk” aesthetic, Matt Longstaff, used his Oyster card – London’s standard prepayed travel card – successfully whilst acting as a bookmark in a hardback led him to the conclusion that the card’s RFID chip would pass through a farily thick substance…. and so then, Alternative Oyster was born…. a unique vision to set your card apart from the 10 million plus in circulation through “use of classical materials and sentiments that reflect the locomotive pioneers of yesteryear.”