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Bill Thorne won the Viewer's Choice Award in the #townsbowiebuildoff challenge!Here is the winner announcement video from Sam Towns:Bill won a Nordic Edge Blade Vice, we will get this on the way to him in North Carolina shortly.It was awesome fun seeing some WIP photos and the final line-up of big blades this year!If you want to keep up with Bill's knives on Instagram, give him a follow here: LINKAnd a big thank you to Sam Towns for organising the challenge. …

By Bjorn Jacobsen, 29.11.2022Sam Towns is again holding the #townsbowiebuildoff challenge. The makers taking part has 2 months to complete a big bowie knife in either beginner or "open" category. Sam is a fulltime blacksmith and knifemaker in Western Australia, and co-host of the Forgecast podcast together with Alex Norton.Towns Bowie BuildoffThe full story on Youtube with intro and rules for 2022 is here:In summary the bowie has to have: Blade longer than 8" (200 mm)Clip or false edg …