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[[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.
[[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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Latest revision as of 06:40, 20 December 2018

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.

Dante Lavoratore, from The MPC website
Pipes by Lavoratore, from 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.

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