New Sweetheart Pro Whistles in plastic [Commercial Content]

[mutepointe]

I liked the matte finish.

[Tyghress]

Do I get a vote????

I think the Permali beads are classy! I like the look a lot. Elegant, but a little extra oomph in the styling. Next would have to be the HF look.

[brewerpaul]

Do I get a vote????

I think the Permali beads are classy! I like the look a lot. Elegant, but a little extra oomph in the styling. Next would have to be the HF look.

I'm with Tyg (nice to see you, BTW)-- what's a whistle without just a LITTLE wood, after all?

Beautiful work as usual Walt.

[MagicSailor]

Hi

Honestly, I think that if you put silver rings where you've put the ivoroid and permali in 1 and 2, I'd like it better than all 5 of them.

Another challence for Ballyshannon and Photoshop?

Of the ones displayed, I would go for the all black, but I do like the idea of a little silver trim. The two to the right, with the Permali bodies and black heads just look to me like someone assembled the wrong parts.

However, if I were to buy a Sweetheart whistle, it would be to to satisfy my lust for a wooden (or wood finish) whistle, so I would probably not buy any of these. I find I can make perfectly good plastic whistles myself, so if (when) I buy another whistle, it would be metal or wood, and so far I don't own a wood whistle.

Regards,

Owen Morgan

Yacht Magic
Anchored in the lagoon, St Maarten

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[walrii]

I voted for all black but black with white/ivory trim was a very close second; I'd probably have see the whistle in person to make the call between those two.

Edited to add: Are the rings all that hard to make? Perhaps you could offer different color beads as an option. Henry Ford did that (eventually).

[macwarner57]

My vote is for all black! I have one of these whistles in permali and love it dearly, but I've always been a fan of the blackwood "look". It's the bagpiper in me.

Jonathan Warner
www.macwarnerbagpipes.com

[Ballyshannon]

Another challence for Ballyshannon and Photoshop?

I'll see what I can do

[Ballyshannon]

Here ya go...silver AND gold ring variations. Personally, the less decorative stuff on a whistle the better.

Couldn't resist adding the Ford logo.

[Thomaston]

I like the 2nd gold one the best.

[violinmyster]

I like number 2 with the little rings of wood. Makes it stand out from the crowd of black ones that are out there. Seems most have a completely black one.

Cindy

[MagicSailor]

Hi

Here ya go...silver AND gold ring variations. Personally, the less decorative stuff on a whistle the better.

My favourites are number two from the left in silver and gold. I don't like the trim on the fipple so much.

Regards,

Owen Morgan

Yacht Magic
Anchored in the lagoon, St Maarten

My new blog.
Click here for my latest reported position. (Use the satellite view.)

[Ballyshannon]

Here are two other options with the wood rings.

[CrazedHavoc]

I like 2 and 3

[Ballyshannon]

Whether silver, gold, or wood, I think the rings would look best "understated", not thick or sticking out like an after-thought add-on, but more low profile and integrated into the contours of the design. As a designer, to me there's a huge difference between adding something on for the sake of adding something on...and creating an integrated work of art.

[DreamOgreen]

I voted black w/permali rings but truthfully I agree with the other poster who said that it's the wood that makes a Swetheart special.
That said, if the sweets were to release a low D resonance Model in Black plastic with a less expensive price, that familiar twitching and salivating for a new whistle make "afflict" me again.