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. 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.
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. 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.