I just got my new Busman purpleheart in the mail, so here is a little reveiw about it what I have experienced so far, and some credit and thanks to some people. This whistle is special to me, because it is the first whistle I have had made for me, all my other ones are second and third hand, so you know how much i treasure this one.
When I first heard and saw of these things, I just thought these thins were too pretty to play, that they are just a collectors peice and the probably dont sound too good. Well I was soooooo wrong, these whistles play just as beautifully as they look. It is such fine craftsmanship with beautiful purple wood, and stainless steal fittings. This whistle is a gem, it is hard to find them this gorgeous. It is a very bright whistle to play jigs, reels, and horpipes. But it has a warm tone that can play aires as well. The tone is somewhat woodsy with a little chiff, great for traditionalists. It is so rich and smooth, my fingers glide up and down the holes with ease, this baby can sing! Blowing isn’t a problem either, my breath last pretty long on this whistle. Going to the second octave is very pleasent, although it takes a little more breath for the high b. I ususally never buy another whistle once i get one, but I think I will buy another one of these in the future in bloodwood D+ 
. I also think the tuning slide fits great.
Here is a little story of how I came upon one of these whistles. I was looking for my first high end whistle to buy that wasnt second hand. I was looking over the internet for one, and I ran across these at Whistle & Drum – Irish Tin Whistles, Flutes, Bodhráns & More. They were beautiful and I had to find out more. So then I went to http://www.busmanwhistles.com/. I was impressed, but not too sure yet to buy one. The real person who convinced me was Wanderer at http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/reviews/srcreview.asp?keyword=busman_cocobolo. That was the hook em and reel em for me. So after reading his great reveiw about them, I had to have one. So I talked to Paul a little bit and he told me he had some purpleheart tubes already finished, and that was the wood I was going to use, so I knew at that moment i was meant to have one of his peices of art. Paul I give you whistles 
Paul is just as great as his whistles are, he is very nice and helpful, and that says a lot about his and his whistle’s character.
I would like to thank Paul Busman for making me such a beautiful instrument, I will cherish forever. I would like to thank Whistle and DRum for first introducing me to these whistles. I would also like to thank Mr.Mahan aka Wanderer, for helping me choose an awesome whistle for me and your great website that will probably help me in the future with collecting. Thank you guys.
Oh yea, I have excellent pictures of this whistle, but i am not too sure how to use the computer well. If anybody could tell me how to post pictures on here I would greaty appreciate it.
. i would like to see pink ivory also.
