best whistle for sticking in your pocket?

[Doc Jones]

I'd also vote for the Parks walkabout. You'll never hurt the thing.

Or

What about making or buying a scabbard to go on your belt?

Doc

[hoopy mike]

I don't think the Feadog would survive me falling on it...

I'm all for protecting whistles, but make that thing too indestructable and it'll be you who won't survive falling on the metal tube.

How about drilling some holes into a metal walking pole, add a mouthpiece, and hey presto, a walkabout low whistle!

[hans]

I have in my head some kind of thick-walled metal whistle, if such a thing exists in my price range.

not in your price range, but solid, thick with a great sound and playing well outdoors, being loud and good in cross winds, is a brass Reyburn. The tube is much thicker than your standard brass whistle, I think a car can go over it. The mouthpiece is Delrin and very solid as well. Its a top whistle for all purposes.

[MikeS]

O'Brien 3 peice for me.

I've got one of the older two-section telescoping O'Brien Stowaways that I carry with me a good portion of the time. I know it's over your price limit but it is a truly marvelous whistle. I think it has the sweetest tone of any whistle I've played (Burkes, Sindts, Weasels, Blackbirds). It's more work to play in tune than any of the aforementioned whistles but its sound and response keep me coming back to it. It also fits nicely in a jeans pocket.

[SkipJack]

I have in my head some kind of thick-walled metal whistle, if such a thing exists in my price range.

My $10, nickle plated Oak pennywhistle in D is a beastly thing. I've seriously considered that I could use it as a weapon if I had to. It doesn't have the best sound, though, and the second octave is tricky. But if ever there was a donnybrook at the pub I'd be well prepared!

[crookedtune]

My $10, nickle plated Oak pennywhistle in D is a beastly thing. I've seriously considered that I could use it as a weapon if I had to. It doesn't have the best sound, though, and the second octave is tricky.

A Hoover white cap will fix all that. And the white cap also does well on the even cheaper two-piece Clare --- a perfect pocket-whistle. Put Mack back to work!

[Torrin Riáin]

On my trip to Ireland I saw these cool little whistles that were meant to come apart inbetween the third and fourth hole, and would easily fit in any pocket, I remember them being something around 5 euro. I played a bit on one, sounded like a decent generation. I've been kicking myself recently for having not gotten a few of them.

Edit to MT: Thanks, I didn't get the name of them, sorry bout that.

[MTGuru]

On my trip to Ireland I saw these cool little whistles that were meant to come apart inbetween the third and fourth hole

That's the Clare 2-piece, mentioned several times above.

[Whistling Archer]

a harmonica

[toasterburn]

Eh, I have a nice Lee Oskar harmonica, can't make heads or tails of it (if anyone wanted to trade me a whistle for it...)

I've never tried an Oak before, but the price is right. Might go with the Whitecap-ed Oak idea.

[Whistling Archer]

Eh, I have a nice Lee Oskar harmonica, can't make heads or tails of it (if anyone wanted to trade me a whistle for it...)

I've never tried an Oak before, but the price is right. Might go with the Whitecap-ed Oak idea.

what key?

[toasterburn]

Eh, I have a nice Lee Oskar harmonica, can't make heads or tails of it (if anyone wanted to trade me a whistle for it...)

I've never tried an Oak before, but the price is right. Might go with the Whitecap-ed Oak idea.

what key?

it's a diatonic key of C (with the case, if you're interested)

I love the sound some people can get out of them, but I'm going to stick with my logical fipples.

[Whistling Archer]

Eh, I have a nice Lee Oskar harmonica, can't make heads or tails of it (if anyone wanted to trade me a whistle for it...)

I've never tried an Oak before, but the price is right. Might go with the Whitecap-ed Oak idea.

what key?

it's a diatonic key of C (with the case, if you're interested)

I love the sound some people can get out of them, but I'm going to stick with my logical fipples.

thanks TB , I kinda like the key of A, or G thanks anyway

[MikeS]

I'd also vote for the Parks walkabout. You'll never hurt the thing.

Or

What about making or buying a scabbard to go on your belt?

Doc

To combine two good ideas, the neat little case Carey sells for the Walkabout has a belt loop.

http://www.parkswhistles.com/Accessorie ... fault.aspx

[Carey]

... I have this fear of plastic whistles that I'll trip over a root or something and end up with a cracked instrument. ...

Just to ally any fears about the durability of PVC whistle parts, here's an email I received from a customer in Italy:
http://parkswhistlesblog.blogspot.com/2 ... treet.html