I enjoyed watching a video recently of Former making a very nice smooth short saddle stem billiard. At one point the button seemed enormous. Of course, during the finishing process it was substantially reduced. Tonight, while I wait to shovel some of Mother Nature's Nor'Easter off the driveway, I have been smoking some MacBaren Vanilla Roll Cake (really delicious) in a Castello 10 "Castello" saddle stem billiard and I became focused on the button. While my experience with Castello tells me that they probably have more pronounced buttons than many other makers, I got to wondering about the history of buttons and which maker/artisan makes the best, largest, smallest buttons. Any thoughts or information?