Where it comes from
Bending a pipe is older than briar. Clays were curved so a man at a table did not stare into the bowl. Early vulcanite stems made the same comfort available on a briar shank. “Bent” on a factory list meant the shank turns; it did not name a bowl. Full bends, half-bents, and the deep Hungarian or Oom-Paul curve are degrees of that posture. Levon’s cabinet uses Bent when the pipe is curved and is not already a bent brandy or a bent apple.
The specification
There is no single bowl. The specification is the curve: the bit comes home, the airway lengthens, the teeth carry less. 465/25 is a glossy bent, smooth, cobalt acrylic stem, speckled resin ring — the jeweler again. 223/22 is art rusticated, diagonal bands across the bowl, a silver ring at the bit. Two bowls, one posture. No millimetre cards.
How to read the name
If you want a named bowl with a bend, look at bent brandy, bent apple, or half-bent apple. If the plate is simply titled Bent, you are looking at the curve first. Ask for the serial — 465/25 or 223/22 — not for “a bent” as if it were one mould.