Pen cap whistle

[Lynn LeFey]

I mentioned in the review of the Les Stroud MT that the whistle wasn't very loud, and said a pen cap was louder

I assume everyone knows this trick, but just in case you don't...

Any solid (no holes in it) pen cap can be used as a whistle. This also includes things like gun shell casings, although, the smaller, the better. .22lr casings are best.

I also came across this video of using a sharpie cap, so maybe even larger caps and casings will work if you partially cover the opening. Oh... and if you have no cap, but you have a pen... cut the bottom inch or so off of it, and it'll work as a whistle. And, in case you can't find a pen or shell casing, I'll post a link below the video on how to do it with an acorn cap.

So, there's another little trick to stick in your survival skill kit.

http://novelty-toys.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-super-loud-whistle-with-sharpie-marker-266667/

http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/acorn/assembl.html

[pfrsantos]

Last time I got lost in the woods and needed a whistle, I just looked for a grizzly and punched its lights out, pulled out a fang and used it...

 

[Lynn LeFey]

Hardcore!

[captain spaulding]

The link with the video would not play for me. 

[Cupboard]

It's from Metecafe but I can't get it to work there either:



Might just be my computer.

[cbl51]

Last time I got lost in the woods and needed a whistle, I just looked for a grizzly and punched its lights out, pulled out a fang and used it...

 

Wuss!

I needed a whistle, so I ran down a grizzly, put him in a head lock and yanked out the fang. Then I told him to run if he know what was good for him!
 

[Lynn LeFey]

Well... >I< just grabbed a grolar bear, held its mouth shut and blew in one nostril, letting it whistle back out the other!

I have a new pet now.