I have a yen for a wooden whistle. Could anyone recommend one? I want to ask Santa for it, so he needs to be able to find it in the UK before Christmas. I also understand he doesn’t fund whistles over £100.
Steve
I’d recommend Santa 
to buy a Bleazey HighD for you. £110, but should still be affordable.
I second that.
You should also check out Weston Whistles and Syn Whistles. I have one of Simon’s Weston Wooden high d’s and it is quite sweet sounding. Erle’s Syn high d in Lancewood is quite nice, mellow and rounded. Both are well under 100 BPS.
These whistles are pictured in the bottom row here:
Top is Bleazey Flute and Low D
Bottom row is Grinter low F, Bleazey G, A, Bb, C, D, Syn, Weston, Hoover
Steven, each time I see your pictures a tear of envy wells up in my eye,and slowely rolls down my cheek till it falls off my chin. 
Would it help to know that I have since added a very special low f that I cannot even mention the name of AND a Rose blackwood with gold ferrules? 
Fred is making a one-of-a-kind Pink Ivory one for me and I will be choosing between the two. Gonna be a tough decision, for sure. 
Oh, I’m happy for you.
I saw the recent post on interest in wooden whistles. In cold weather is there any problem with shipping wooden whistles or precautions to take?
Brian
As far as shipping goes, this is not a major problem, believe it or not. Inside a well wrapped package, the temperature doesn’t change very rapidly, and the rapid changes are what would cause problems. If you receive your package on a cold day restrain yourself and let it sit at room temperature for an hour or so before you open it to let it gradually warm up.
The worse winter problem is the extreme dryness of the air. If the maker has oiled the whistle well and dried it out after test playing it this again should not be a huge problem. Be sure to follow the maker’s directions for caring for your wooden whistle and be especially careful about drying it after playing and oiling it regularly if you live in these conditions.
I’ve always got lots of wooden whistles lying around, and I’ve shipped nearly 200 and never had this be an issue.
I owned a Bleazey but traded it back to Phil partially for a Flute (actaully it is still in transit). It was a great Whistle but I really didn’t play it enough as I play Flute way more and just pick up Whistles on occasion so to own a Whistle that expensive when it could get me half of a Flute it did not seem sorth it. So I will recommend a Bleazey but I will warn you about the back pressure as it is high but easy to get used to. I would also recommend on of Paul’s (yep te one that posted right above me) or a Sweetheart, but the Bleazey is the only one of those in the UK.
Steven,
I want those whistles. Simply lovely.
G.
Hi Steven
I notice that Phil doesn’t put the long foot on his flutes and i’m therefore wondering where the point of balance is? Does it balance perfectly on the left index finger like an M & E?
I just got rid of a footless Dixon 3 piece cause everytime i took my right fingers off the mouthpiece fell downwards with the weight.
And how does it play by the way? Sorry this is a little off topic. 
Anyone be interested in an O’Riordan D?C concert set in Kingwood? They may be looking for a home in 10-12 months. 
It plays WAAY better than the Dixon IMO. I think it’s a lot more expressive, capable of a greater range of volume, etc. (I have the Rudall model, as does Steven IIRC) OTOH, I think the balance point is about the same as the Dixon. I don’t know that that has an awful lot to do with the C-foot, though. I have short-foot flutes with the balance further down and long-foot flutes with it further up.
Oh, and wrt the original topic, I’d vote Bleazey, too, although I will point out that I haven’t played a Weston. Go for the Bleazey in boxwood or mopane.
I have a Bleazey Bb in South American Boxwood, and it sounds exactly the way a whistle should sound, to my ear anyway. The ornaments just fall off of it.
Okewhistle,
I have several whistles and one of my favourites is a Bb aluminium barrel with a lancewood head by Erle Bartlett (in his Syn range). Erle appears to be concentrating on his Black Diamond series and so you could be lucky and pick up a combo like mine cheaper than an all wood affair. I beleive it is the head and beak that contribute most to the timbre.
I commend him to you.
you will give all those whistles to me now..
…beautiful, aren’t they? Thanks for sharing them with us!
Amar–that was too funny! (I know about the spoon as well…)
How about sound clip??? I’ve never in my life heard a wood low d. Sure, they look nice, but so do those Pakistani bamboo jobs. Are we buying these for display, or what?
Tony 
Working on a sound clip, Tony. I am sure you have heard my low d at one of the SFBA gatherings at your mother’s home. Although there are usually so many instruments there you may have missed it.