Thanks all for the kind words.
Carving time was around 30 hours, although that was spread over two months. Hard to squeeze in time for pipemaking with my work schedule.
I've got others on my website
http://pipesbydesign.wordpress.com if you want to check them out. As much as I love making pipes like this I am trying to branch into more "normal" pipes that I can crank out in significantly less time. I still plan on taking custom work like this, but it'd be nice to have pipes I can realistically turn out in a day or less and maintain a steady stock of.