Antique Whisle

[metaldetectingtaylor]

Found in area where most items date to early 1900's. From what I can make it out it says "Made in Japan" then it theres a triangle with an H inside it and under that either says H A R D or 6 A R D or maybe even G A R D and up close it may even have periods between the letters, and then it obviously says whistle underneath. Its pretty heavy also seems like brass. Any help would be great thanks!

 

[creskol]

If you could figure out some way to contact Avner Strauss or somebody at the Whistle Museum, I bet they could help on your whistle.
Good Luck!

http://whistlemuseum.com/

 

[aka da Prof]

-!!Whistle museum!! what a cool site, Creskol--- metel----could that be a C for Card Whistle

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

could that be a C for Card Whistle

GUARD?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

My searching capabilities are so poor on this old slow computer. Can someone search "made in japan" and "H in a diamond" mark to see if the mark is Heisey?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I found it but I dont think Heisey made brass items so its a dead end. Logo is a little different too. http://antiques.about.com/od/glassw...ks---Signatures/Heisey-Glass-Company-Mark.htm

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It may be a mispelled Guard Whistle.

 

[metaldetectingtaylor]

Thanks for the input guys. Im guessing the misspelling is the case. So if it did mean "guard whistle" is this like a police whistle?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

From what I can make it out it says "Made in Japan" then it theres a triangle with an H inside it and under that either says H A R D or 6 A R D or maybe even G A R D and up close it may even have periods between the letters, and then it obviously says whistle underneath.

Im sure this is solvable. OK what about P.D. for police department as in L.A.P.D.?

 

[creskol]

From what I can make it out it says "Made in Japan" then it theres a triangle with an H inside it and under that either says H A R D or 6 A R D or maybe even G A R D and up close it may even have periods between the letters, and then it obviously says whistle underneath.

Im sure this is solvable. OK what about P.D. for police department as in L.A.P.D.?

I am not sure that the last letter is even a "D"

 

[Hill Billy]

Looks like a T to me.

 

[metaldetectingtaylor]

It looks more like "E" to me now that i look closely. But i've tried searching H.A.R.D H.A.R.T and H.A.R.E and still nothing!

 

[creskol]

It looks more like "E" to me now that i look closely. But i've tried searching H.A.R.D H.A.R.T and H.A.R.E and still nothing!

Also, the second character may not be an "A" ... I doesn't come close to matching the A's in JAPAN.

 

[Unicorn]

That is definately not a police whistle, or at least not the sort that is used in the UK. Police whistles are round, and that one is slim. It looks to me like one of those whistles that are used by sheepdog trainers, or for any animal training for that matter, they are of the thin type. The sound that comes from those thin looking whistles are usually only heard by animals with acute hearing.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

That is definately not a police whistle, or at least not the sort that is used in the UK. Police whistles are round, and that one is slim. It looks to me like one of those whistles that are used by sheepdog trainers, or for any animal training for that matter, they are of the thin type. The sound that comes from those thin looking whistles are usually only heard by animals with acute hearing.

I was not thinking an official police whistle but a toy version made in Japan. This is however the type of police whistle that was used in the USA. http://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=2500&aid=43558&lid=11355168 Notice the round part I believe has broken off. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pol...926?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cfd0a0d5e The better police whistles were imported from England.

 

[metaldetectingtaylor]

For some reason the "Made in Japan" insignia makes more sense on a toy. If it was some sort of police whistle or official whistle I would imagine the U.S. would have produced it during this time.

 

[Breezie]

Am I missing something? LOL Is this just the mouth piece part of a 'police type' whistle, and the round part is broken off or is this a whole flat whistle? I'd like to see pics of each end. Breezie

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Am I missing something? LOL Is this just the mouth piece part of a 'police type' whistle, and the round part is broken off or is this a whole flat whistle? I'd like to see pics of each end. Breezie

I thought it was broken. Thats what I get for assuming.

 

[creskol]

Am I missing something? LOL Is this just the mouth piece part of a 'police type' whistle, and the round part is broken off or is this a whole flat whistle? I'd like to see pics of each end. Breezie

I thought it was broken. Thats what I get for assuming.

I think the flat whistle that Breezie posted is brass colored tin. In researching this one, I haven't seen any true brass flat whistles. However, that doesn't mean that there aren't some out there, and I too, would like to see more photographs. I still think the Whistle Museum would be a great resource in ID'ing this one.

 

[Justice70]

http://www.worldslargestgiftshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/lof_JW-0062.html