Editing Tobacco pipe (section)

====Synthetics====
[[File:VenturiPipeGreen.jpg|thumb|Venturi pipe of synthetic materials]]

A variety of other materials may also be used for pipes. The Redmanol corporation manufactured pipes with translucent stems in the 1920s and a series of pipes were manufactured and distributed by the Tar Gard (later Venturi) Corporation of San Francisco from 1965 to 1975. Marketed under names such as "the pipe", "The Smoke" and "Venturi", they used materials such as [[pyrolytic graphite]], [[phenolic resin]], [[nylon]], [[Bakelite]] and other synthetics, allowing for higher temperatures in the bowl, reduced tar, and aesthetic variations of color and style.<ref>{{Cite web
  | last = Taylor II, Ph.D.
  | first = Billie W. 
  | title = A History of the pipe: Manufacturing and Marketing Pyrolytic Graphite Pipes from Development to Demise
  | url = http://www.thepipe.info/history/index.html
  | access-date = 2010-08-21}}</ref>
After Venturi stopped making pipes, several companies continue to make pipes from Brylon, a composite of nylon and [[wood flour]], as a cheaper substitute for briar.