I received a Jerry Tweaked high “D” Shaw five days ago and LOVE the wood sound. Not sharp at all on the ears. I find the wooden block in the mouth piece very comfortable. What other whistles have a similar wooden sound to the shaw? I am aware that the clarke is similar in sound. Which high-end whistles that have the same wood-like sound?
Eric
I wouldn’t describe the sound as woodlike, but breathy or mellow.
My experience is that Albas have the breathiest sound of the high-enders, plus they’re the most visually stunning whistles this side of a hunk of bocote or mopane. The mellowest of the whistles I’ve played, and I would call it the woodiest, is a boxwood whistle made by David Boisvert. Grinters can also be pretty mellow, but they have a touch of sweetness that’s probably not what you’re looking for. They’re real eye candy, too.
Interesting. The wood block is my least favorite aspect of my little Shaw. Feels too, um, woody.
I like wood in my mouth. I think it tastes good.
I would suggest trying a Weston wooden whistle (try saying that three times quickly 
). I had one for a couple of weeks on a whistle tour a month or so back. In some ways it reminded me of a Clarke. Here’s a link to the Weston site.
Rub the contact surface with candle wax. That made my Clarke Original much nicer.
The block in my Shaw low G is a bit smoother than the one in the Clarke. Unfortunately, the fingering is just too much of a hassle, so I don’t play the Shaw much.
I’ve never tried candle wax, but I bet chapstick tastes better.
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Slan,
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Wow. I didn’t even notice. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 
It’s the bore.
Anything with a conical bore will be more like a Shaw than anything without. You can hear the same physics at work in flutes–wooden (or plastic) flutes with a conical bore have the “nyah” for Irish musec and wooden, plastic or silver flutes with a straight bore have the “classical” sound, which contains much much less “nyah”.
In my opinion I don’t think any whistle sounds like the airy Dave Shaw produced whistle. Comparing it of course with all wooden inserted whistles and the conical bores I have had the opportunity to own or play the Shaw produces a very airy sound that is hard to reproduce in other whistles. Of course as we can agree it takes a lot of air to produce this sound.