Hong Kong men go the full Monty for charity calendar, with tools strategically placed
What started as a conversation about power tools ended up with a group of men being snapped naked in Sai Kung with only items like drills and strimmers protecting their modesty, all in aid of charity
A group of male friends in Hong Kong have stripped off and flashed their tools to produce a calendar in time for Christmas to raise money for two causes close to their hearts.
The Sai Kung residents got naked and hid their private parts behind workmen’s tools in aid of friend Catherine Lumsden, who runs dog shelter Catherine’s Puppies, and the Movember Foundation, which seeks to raise awareness about men’s health issues.
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The “Tools with Tools” calendar is on sale in Sai Kung shops and online at toolswithtools.asia for HK$200. Five hundred copies have been printed and about half have already been sold.
The idea came about after two typhoons – Hato and Pakhar – battered Hong Kong in close succession in August, says Stuart Wadsworth, 41, a publisher and one of the models.
A friend had been chainsawing fallen trees and conversation turned to tools. Another friend mentioned he had once posed semi-naked with a power drill for a promotional campaign.
“The conversation then went from power tools to calendar girls, and then it just took one of those alarming turns,” says Wadsworth, the calendar’s Mr February, whose prop is a grass strimmer.
