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'''Dante Lavoratore''' is from Rovito, in the Cosenza province. Now retired, Dante still makes around a hundred pipes a year with his children's help. | '''Dante Lavoratore''' is from Rovito, in the Cosenza province. Now retired, Dante still makes around a hundred pipes a year with his children's help. | ||
[[File:Lavoratore.gif|thumb | [[File:Lavoratore.gif|thumb|Dante Lavoratore, from [http://www.mpcmail.it/mpc/mpq/lavoratore.htm The MPC website]]][[File:LavoratorePipes.gif|thumb|Pipes by Lavoratore, from [http://www.mpcmail.it/mpc/mpq/lavoratore.htm The MPC website]]] He uses Calabrain briar, which he chooses himself from the hills. He prefers large, solid pieces: "Only the large are true pipes", he told the Milano Pipa Club site. | ||
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'''Contact Information:''' | '''Contact Information:''' |
Revision as of 15:06, 11 June 2016
From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes
Dante Lavoratore is from Rovito, in the Cosenza province. Now retired, Dante still makes around a hundred pipes a year with his children's help.
He uses Calabrain briar, which he chooses himself from the hills. He prefers large, solid pieces: "Only the large are true pipes", he told the Milano Pipa Club site.
Contact Information:
From: http://www.mpcmail.it/mpc/mpq/lavoratore.htm LAVORATORE Pipe fatte a mano con radica di Calabria Via Cretana, 15 87050 Rovito CS Tel. 0984 433175