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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. | ||
<gallery widths=300px heights=200px caption="Mastra Geppetto and original packing, and detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
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'''Contact Information:''' | '''Contact Information:''' | ||