whistle1000 wrote:
[There was] a former member who offered to make my newer head fit my old set....sent them all his way and never heard from him again...
If his life wasn't cut short, then he was a scoundrel.
Matthewlawson3 wrote:
There is disappearing/rubbed away writing on the bottom of the whistle. Something that starts with what looks like 5/8.
This could be one of those cases where the (or a) owner intentionally tried to get rid of the code print. It was not unknown for people to do this to their Water Weasels, and although aesthetically understandable, it was also a topic of debate: some liked the print for the defiantly funky look; and after all, that's the way Glenn designed them, so for that reason some saw the removal as a questionable imposition. In practical terms - and putting aside the possibility of counterfeit labels - if the code print were legible you'd have an easier time verifying this whistle's identity. When I first looked at the photo, I couldn't even see any print at all, and I wondered what you were talking about until I really focused hard. It's barely there at all! I'm pretty sure that such wholesale erasure could not possibly be from the wear and tear of normal playing. So in a negative sort of way, I think the odds of it being a real Water Weasel are even better yet.
Matthewlawson3 wrote:
On the top near the whistle head is the logo.
The label shows a trace of dirt accumulation especially along the lower edge; that speaks to years of use. If this whistle's a forgery, someone went to a
lot of trouble in the minutiae.