Zulu Lovers - Does Your Tobacco Burn at an Angle?

[macaroni]

I'm wondering about zulus. I get it that it's a very nice looking shape.

I'm wondering if you tobacco burns straight across the top of the bowl or at an angle (since the bowl is canted forward)? Just wondering since I often walk about with the pipe clenched and don't want the tobacco to fall forward and fall out. Plus, I'm used to keeping a fairly level layer of tobacco across and near the top of my bowls when I'm smoking. I have a couple of Devil Anse pipes that have canted bowls and the burning layer of tobacco cants at an angle as it burns when I clench. Just wondering what I should expect.
Thanks very much (sorry for any typos)
Mike

 

[warren]

The fire always burns towards the bottom, the direction towards the fuel and the pull of your draw. Some of the direction also depends on how well you packed the pie and the dampness of the blend. But, generral always working towards the draw hole.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

My Zulu/Yachts burn evenly, no problems. Same with my cuttys and other canted pipes.

 

[macaroni]

Thank you @warren. I wondered about this. I don't much like the Devil Anse but I'm guessing it's cause I'm not used to it LOL

 

[kcghost]

Mine burn evenly, too.

 

[mso489]

The Savinelli 404 and the Rossi 8404 zulu also made by Savinelli have only a subtle cant to the bowl and chamber, so any angle to the burn is not visible. In fact, most straight or only slightly bent pipes smoke with the brim of the pipe at a slight angle as they dangle from your jaw.

I've wondered about deeply canted pipes and if there is a conflict between burning toward the drawing airway and the tendency to burn upward. I guess that's why I don't have any deeply canted pipes. I'd guess the physics of fire is complex and may change as the ember burns.

 

[OzPiper]

I have quite a few pipes with canted bowls - eggs, cutty/belges, horn
Absolutely no problems with the burn - so long as you tamp judiciously

 

[canucklehead]

 

[RookieGuy80]

The couple zulus I have don't have any issues burning the tobacco. It's no different than a straight pipe being clenched, that might be parallel to the ground either but does just fine.

 

[midcentry]

Man i want a Zulu so bad. In my experience with other canted pipes, there is now issue other than sometimes you can't see the bowl while smoking!

 

[woodsroad]

 

[bullet08]

Zulu Princes? That was the gang name back in 80s at my high school. No, they didn't smoke pipes. Wait, maybe aluminum foil pipes.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

It is probably how you light the bowl. Flame rises, so if you aim for the middle of the bowl and it ends up on the top side, it will burn uneven.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Hadn't thought about it but I smoked this one earlier today and it just evenly burned down the chamber.

 

[macaroni]

@woodsroad you have some serious comedic genius coupled with great photography skill! Thanks to all the above--you guys are TOPS!
kindly
mike