storing antique whistles

Well, I give up !!! There  are just some whistles that defy displaying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGH !!!!!

First to conquer me were the combination GSW/ROUND whistles…

Then came the ROUND/BEAUFORT combination whistles…

Oh, sure they have rings, but have you tried to hang one ?? They tuuuuuurn siiiiiiiideways !!!!!!!!  🙁     YECH !!!

There is no balance. They look terrible. Can’t live with it anymore …. So what to do ?? I got a few of those single old oak file drawers and lined them. Side by side they look really antique-ish. Then I organized them ( my whistles ) into their own drawers ( I still hate doing this because they are out of sight and I can’t study them unless I pull them all out ) . More like soldiers laid to rest now.

THEN came the next traitors — The boatswain whistles…monsters to hang. At least the bowl always dropped. Just looked terrible. Guess I could really jump through hoops and mount them sideways. Guess I could do the same for ALL my little friends that don’t hang right…

But, what would I do with my nifty oak drawers now ??