Winner: Towns Bowie Build Challenge 2022: Viewers Choice - Bill Thorne
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: LINK
And a big thank you to Sam Towns for organising the challenge.
12th Dec 2022
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