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Doug Butts celebrated with friends and family at Shack 33 in Linden on Wednesday as he watched himself being named History Channel’s “Forged in Fire” champion and win $10,000. As part of the competition, Butts had to forge a pair of karambits and, later, a cane sword.

More details of Butts’ experiences will be published the Demopolis Times at a later date.