Keep it together unless possibly if you are interchanging bodies. Note that Chris Abell lets you have additional bodies (C, Db or Eb) for that head at $150 each.
https://www.abellflute.com/whistles/There are holster-style cases that fit separated whistle head/body. They look similar to this:

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