Damascus:
I am 100% in agreement with you. Under no circumstances should anyone put a dirty aluminum cleaning rod in their mouth. I'll generalize further and state that one shouldn't put anything dirty in their mouths.
BTW: How did you explain to your dentist what happened to your fillings?
Wood as we all know is absorbent and will pick up whatever chemicals it's exposed to so after a while your going to be dragging God knows what thru the bores of your firearms. I have this same issue with bore snakes.
At least with metal rods, either steel or aluminum, they can be cleaned periodically and that's exactly what I do with mine.
Jim
