This one sold his first whistle a dozen years ago and several since then. He has a favorite customer who will remain unnamed. Every one though is much appreciated!
I would make a guess I’m not alone.
Mack
Not by any means.
This community is a treasure, and I’m profoundly grateful to have somehow found my way to it (thank you Dale).
With my heartfelt best wishes,
Jerry
I’m with you guys. Becoming involved in the whistle world has turned out to be one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done.
I got my lathe about 12 years ago and started learning how to use it by making pen kits. A year or so later I turned out my first whistle. I truly figured that I’d make a half dozen or so and that would be that. As of now, I’ve sent over 450 of them out into the world. Each and every one of them has made me a new friend, in places near and far. Knowing that I’ve been able to make something that brings joy to people and that will most likely outlive me is a source of great satisfaction. Thanks to all my loyal supporters.
This has always been as much a hobby as a business for me. I never want to get so busy at whistle making that it feels like a job! Still, whistle income has financed lots of great things for me and my wife including the costs of our wedding and honeymoon, other vacations, more musical instruments 
etc.
I can’t overstate my gratitude to the one and only Glenn Schultz who most generously shared his whistle making knowledge and his friendship with me. Luvya, man, wherever you are.
Thanks also to all the other whistle makers. For the largest part, this is a very cooperative and non-competitive “industry”. We freely share hints and tips with each other, making friends in the process.
Gratitude also to Dale, who made this whole whistle community a reality. He remains, The Undisputed…
I’ve been out of business for just over three years now, but I’m very much looking forward to returning to my passion in just a few more months.
My current job has made it too impractical to operate a business on the side because of all the mandatory overtime since Philips took over, but soon I’ll have the freedom to go full time with whistle making, which has long been a dream of mine.
Many of you who visit this message board are familiar with me to some extent, and several of my old friends are still active members, but most of you probably only know me as “that guy who used to make whistles”.
Hopefully that’s going to change very soon, and I’ll be making acquaintance with you personally and also making whistles for you.
Many thanks to everyone who made my former part-time job so enjoyable, especially to those who were so helpful in keeping me busy through word-of-mouth advertising.
Whistle making never was really a business to me, but rather a creative outlet that made me new friends, and on special occasions gave me the opportunity to hear others making music with instruments I made.
Even when I go full time, I still don’t plan to think of it as a business, but as doing something I love with the added bonus of making a little money while I’m at it… and who could ask for anything more out of life?
As always, Mack posts a good thread!
It is the season be thankful and grateful and for this I truly am. I have met wonderful people through this board and have received numerous tips and advice that have helped me play better and work smarter and strive for the perfect whistle. I cringe sometimes when I see my early efforts, but know that it has been a learning curve and this whistle community has been very gracious with their advise and encouragement in the journey. So thank you friends and customers - I could not have wished to stumble into a better place. This sums it up… ‘I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.’ - Douglas Adams
Although rarely making whistles, I still appreciate and admire the whistling community as well as my whistlesmithy peers!
Dave Parkhurst