2017 Winston Churchill Special Edition

We’re celebrating Winston Churchill’s birthday (November 30) by offering a special edition of Paladin® shaving brushes with his namesake handles. We made these in four sizes (24 mm, 26 mm, 28 mm, and 30 mm) and two materials (Somerset and Dark Holler™ Butterscotch), so there are eight size/material combinations in total, each represented in this release by 2-9 brushes (i.e., 9 x 24 mm Somerset, 6 x 24 mm Butterscotch, 5 x 26 mm Somerset, 6 x 26 mm Butterscotch, 6 x 28 mm Somerset, 4 x 28 mm Butterscotch, 4 x 30 mm Somerset, 2 x 30 mm Butterscotch).

Churchill's legacy is broad-reaching and complex. Born into a life of privilege, he dedicated himself to public service. He was an idealist and a pragmatist; a scholar as well as a man of action; an orator and a soldier; an advocate of progressive social reforms, but also an unapologetic elitist; and a staunch champion of democracy who persisted as a defender of Britain’s fading empire. All in all, he was a great man of his time who lived a long and remarkably eventful life that left plenty for his admirers and detractors to debate. Even his detractors, however, will generally concede that Churchill’s resounding words and unflinching courage served to galvanize Britain in the dark times before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Churchill's leadership and the resolve it inspired stood as the rock that broke the Nazi wave and bought time for effective US entry into WWII. But for Churchill, the world would be a very different place, and almost certainly not a better one.