Good post. For now, I don’t see any sort of guilt-by-association with Buckin. He does his thing, IH sends him saws...some of them he likes. I’d be surprised if BBR knows ANY of the details around this Jessie situation, and if he does, it’s probably exclusively IH’s version of the story.
I also don’t fault him for trying to make an income, or supplemental income on YouTube. His choice, and he’s been pretty up front about his ambitions in that direction. If the content suffers, I will eventually stop watching. That’s my choice in the deal.
I generally fast forward through the “peace/love” monologue stuff, but I find the actual cutting/splitting/axe building stuff pretty informative and entertaining.
FWIW, there’s been a lot of talk about how BBR would be amazed at the difference with a professionally built saw (he does run at least a couple from Walkers already). I’d throw a few bucks toward that cause if someone here had the desire to build him one. Might be good exposure, not so much for a particular builder, but for the craftsmanship piece that this board is particularly passionate about.