my new olive wood whistles by Tommy

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:19 am

I got some new whistles recently from Tommy, who posts here regularly. He's been making whistles for a while now, but hasn't gone full time in it as far as I know. Last year he sent out, on tour, five whistles in five different woods and I was impressed. I got some olive wood and made a deal with him to make whistles for me in D and C. Here are some pictures of them, some taken with flash and some without (to explain the differences you'll see in the lighting):

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:18 am

Cool! What happens if you blow into the fipples?

Guidus · Post by **Guidus** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:28 am

They look truly awsome. Would you post a sound clip?

AlonE · Post by **AlonE** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:40 am

Wowww!! fantastic!! pretty whistle, what is your price???

so, the flipp is of Derlin?

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:15 am

Olivewood is glorious stuff. Do yours still have that olive aroma in the wood? When I machine olivewood, the smell is almost intoxicating.

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:25 am

Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

chas · Post by **chas** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:25 am

Kinda makes you want to put a garlic fipple in the thing, eh?

cavefish · Post by **cavefish** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:33 am

brewerpaul wrote:Olivewood is glorious stuff. Do yours still have that olive aroma in the wood? When I machine olivewood, the smell is almost intoxicating.

its a sweet smell. i work with it sometimes---

cavefish · Post by **cavefish** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:34 am

how much is he charging for these-how do they sound

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:16 pm

brewerpaul wrote:Olivewood is glorious stuff. Do yours still have that olive aroma in the wood? When I machine olivewood, the smell is almost intoxicating.

chas wrote:Kinda makes you want to put a garlic fipple in the thing, eh?

Mmmmmmmmmmmm... my kind of whistle!

Those are gorgeous!

bdh · Post by **bdh** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:43 pm

Very perdy

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:21 pm

very beautiful, kind of looks like a Schultz or Busman. i hope the sound is as good.

King Friday · Post by **King Friday** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:54 pm

Those looks amazing. I'd better get one before they start going for $300 each

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:11 am

The Whistle Collector wrote:very beautiful, kind of looks like a Schultz or Busman. i hope the sound is as good.

I hope it's not...

Just kidding Tommy-- I hope you do well with these. They look beautiful.
I see you're working on a C: with the same ID and OD, you can also make Eb. Pushing any higher or lower would not work out too well though.

King Friday · Post by **King Friday** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:39 am

The white delrin fipple plug looks very classy, I haven't seen that before.