The term "Brass Monkeys" is an accepted phrase used in the English language to indicate that the ambient air temperature (or weather) is cold. This use stems from a longer phrase "It is cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". This generally perceived as a humorous reference to some unfortunate Brass Monkey who loses his testicles if the weather is too cold. Another derived phrase (but irrelevant to our story) is "it's cold enough to freeze your balls off".
The origin and true meaning of this phrase is actually totally unrelated to any form of animal or its testicles. Back in time to the period of the Napoleonic War, the great gunships of this time carried many cannons on various gun decks. As an efficient method of storage and delivery of cannon balls to the cannon for firing, a "Monkey" (this term is used to define a table and/ or a rail) made of brass was used to hold the balls. In very cold temperatures the brass would contract or even break thus allowing the cannon balls to roll off the Monkey onto the gun deck. Hence the sailors would say "it is cold enough to freeze the balls off a Brass Monkey".
Fortunately for ourselves the public perception of this name is closely related to the bits that fit into underwear and it's use as a brand name is accepted as being inherently funny.
GOING TO GREAT LENGTHS
FOR GREAT QUALITY
Less of the history and no more of those ridiculous big capital letters at the start of each paragraph. It's what Brass Monkeys puts into each pair of underpants that affects what you put into them.
Each garment is manufactured in Great Britain, using the finest cotton-rich fabrics, carefully selected componentry, utilising traditional British sewing skills blended with modern construction techniques to produce underwear that will perform to the highest standards.
A rigid quality assurance regime is in permanent operation, every product must pass a rigorous standard of bursting strength, elasticity and durability, ensuring that no matter what moves you make, our garments will always stay with you, providing full support.
Every Brass Monkeys garment is designed and crafted to emphasises the best of the male form without any
sacrifice in comfort or functionality. We want every wearer to not only look good, but feel Great.
TRADING HISTORY
We have traded as a UK company for more than eight years, supplying prestigious retailers such as Harrods of
London, Jenners of Edinburgh, Lane Crawford of Hong Kong, Smith & Caughy in New Zealand, Robinsons of Singapore, El Cortes in Spain and we have exported to many retailers throughout the world - including Russia, Poland, Finland, Norway, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Ireland.
We have supplied the public directly for over four years and it's through this experience that we can guarantee professional, quality online sales service. We are also happy to deal with any special requirements or advice that you may need.
COMPANY ETHICS
Despite our humorous approach to life - or our "style with a smile" , we treat the responsibility of our web publication and online store with great seriousness. We never seek to offend or link to any site that may be deemed unethical in any way. We operate under the jurisdiction of English Law and seek to uphold this in every aspect of our trading with the consumer, and our suppliers.
We support environmentally friendly manufacturing and material sourcing, we also actively support everyman - the male prostate and testicular cancer campaign. We oppose any form of child labour or third world economic exploitation. We support UK industry - all of our products are designed and produced only in the UK. We do not have a problem being "green" Brass Monkeys.
