Is there any noticable or perceived difference between smoking out of a pipe with a brass screen and a stainless steel screen?
Stainless Steel Pipe Screens
I have been searching the internet, trying to find out the difference, myself... I know what I have heard from others; that the stainless steel is more rigid, and harder to mold to the bowl. I've heard that brass is softer, and previously thought it was healthier, but someone recently told me the opposite to what I'd heard. The one thing I do know for sure is that you're supposed to heat both sides of either with a lighter to oxidize anything that doesn't need to be there... If you do find the answer, I'd love to hear it... Cheers!
Its not a good idea to make the whole thing of metal. Metal is a good conductor of heat and its bound to get too hot for you lips during sustained use. Thats assuming your going to smoke tobacco with it. If you plan on smoking small hits of a particular substance then it may be alright. Mind you pipes are poor choice for this kind of smoking. So sticking with the tobacco pipe I would make it out of wood or talc not metal.
