Pipemaking design tips...

... are hard to come by. I've been trawling the Net for many good hours now trying to find a basic how-to (not counting the one I have read fortyfive times by now at amsmoke(http://www.amsmoke.com/Services/PipeKit.html - Scroll down a bit)).
It just aint that easy! I finally found the wonderful pipes of www.talbertpipes.com and a bit wearily sent the pipemaker himself (Trever Talbert I think is his name) a plea for his tips.

Later I DID find a pipemaker How-To on the (http://www.pipemakersforum.com/)forum he linked to from his site.

Sigh. Well maybe it could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship, anyway...