Devan, Have you looked at the books and videos available in the ABS store or on the ABS youtube channel? There is some nice information there.

i have looked through the abs store but never saw anything specific on bowies but i will check again thank you very much !

The first link is to the ABS store, D Guard Bowie:

http://www.americanbladesmith.com/index.php?section=product&subsection=product_details&product_id=71

The second one is Jim Crowell, ABS Master, Bowie DVD. It has a lot of answers in it:

http://crowellknives.com/For_Sale.html

I have a couple of his other DVDs, and they are very good.

thanks i checked those links out and will definatley be giving both the book and dvds some attention. thank you once again!