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<p>[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 58313, member: 267"]The lighter one has the same shape, material, wood mouthpiece, small nails, and hanger as the link... That's what <i>they're</i> comparing it to, anyway. I don't have the book, unfortunately. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm mad at myself bc I did see on like the bottom black (ebony) one with the bone slide (more similar than the all bone one). It's difficult (from other descriptions) to distinguish which are really duck whistles or possibly signals or police, etc. Many dissimilar shapes were called "pintails," it's hard to tell if people are just wishing they were duck whistles - on top of that, don't sound like ducks at all - you have to learn how to use them properly. </p><p><br /></p><p>It made me wonder: what's the diff between duck whistle and duck call? I think bird calls have some kind of vibrating reed, which none of these have. They all have cork balls...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 58313, member: 267"]The lighter one has the same shape, material, wood mouthpiece, small nails, and hanger as the link... That's what [I]they're[/I] comparing it to, anyway. I don't have the book, unfortunately. I'm mad at myself bc I did see on like the bottom black (ebony) one with the bone slide (more similar than the all bone one). It's difficult (from other descriptions) to distinguish which are really duck whistles or possibly signals or police, etc. Many dissimilar shapes were called "pintails," it's hard to tell if people are just wishing they were duck whistles - on top of that, don't sound like ducks at all - you have to learn how to use them properly. It made me wonder: what's the diff between duck whistle and duck call? I think bird calls have some kind of vibrating reed, which none of these have. They all have cork balls...[/QUOTE]
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