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'''Butera collectors and experts, please dive in! This page is just a stub and needs extensive work and photos of Mike's beautiful work.'''
[[File:Butera.jpg|thumb|left|Mike Butera, Courtesy [http://tobaccodays.com/articles/these-guys-cant-hide/ TobaccoDays.com]]][[File:Butera smoothAppe.jpg|thumb|200px|Smooth Apple, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/united-states/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=104519 Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:Butera CarvedDublin.jpg|thumb|200px|Carved Dublin, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/united-states/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=104519 Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:Butera CarvedBilliard.jpg|thumb|200px|Carved Billiard, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/united-states/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=104519 Smokingpipes.com]]]'''Butera collectors and experts, please dive in! This page is just a stub and needs extensive work and photos of Mike's beautiful work.'''


Butera's pipes are very hard to find these days because of minimal current production and high collector appeal. His pipes are still Butera's first love, but the responsibilities of owning a large tobacco distribution company keep him out of the workshop more than he would like. Ten years ago, at his peak pipe production, he was making 150 to 200 pipes a year. Now, unfortunately, he makes only a few pipes each year.
Butera's pipes are very hard to find these days because of minimal current production and high collector appeal. His pipes are still Butera's first love, but the responsibilities of owning a large tobacco distribution company keep him out of the workshop more than he would like. Ten years ago, at his peak pipe production, he was making 150 to 200 pipes a year. Now, unfortunately, he makes only a few pipes each year.
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Hopefully we can get more information and photos in this article soon. Meanwhile, check out the excellent article in the Winter 2005 issue of Pipes and Tobacco. You can read the first couple of pages on-line:  [http://www.pt-magazine.com/backissues/winter2005/story1.asp Pipes & Tobaccos Magazine on Mike Butera]
Hopefully we can get more information and photos in this article soon. Meanwhile, check out the excellent article in the Winter 2005 issue of Pipes and Tobacco. You can read the first couple of pages on-line:  [http://www.pt-magazine.com/backissues/winter2005/story1.asp Pipes & Tobaccos Magazine on Mike Butera]
*You may also enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview of Mike on the [http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/radio-talk-show/the-pipes-magazine-radio-show-episode-91/#more-8072 PipesMagizine Radio Show]


[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: United States]]
[[Category: United States]]

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