Harlan Sawyer

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Niche

Wood stove and firewood know-how from a retired Appalachian logger persona

Audience

Rural American homeowners who heat with wood and cut, buy or stack their own firewood, and want practical, money-saving and safety advice from an experienced old hand (inferred from titles and descriptions; there is no about text).

Avatar

• Realistic avatar
• A photorealistic man around seventy with grey hair, a grey moustache and goatee, a worn grey cap and a red-and-black buffalo-plaid flannel, shown beside a burning wood stove, a woodpile or a snowy cabin, usually holding a prop.

Format

One wood-heat topic per video: a cold-open story or a measured home test, the presenter's logging credentials, then a numbered list (often 5 items, worst to first) with measured numbers and a verdict per item.

Typical length

15–17 min since mid-Sep; August uploads often ran 25–33 min

Content pillars

• Wood stove efficiency and overnight heat
• Firewood safety: what not to burn, chimney fires
• Buying, stacking and seasoning firewood
• Testing viral wood-stove and firewood tricks
• Chainsaw, axe and tool care
• Old-house cooling, ventilation and outdoor tips

Title patterns

• 5 [Things] That Can Put You in the Hospital. Number 3 [Hidden Danger]
• 5 [Things] [Old Loggers Would Never X]. Number [N] Is in Half of America's [Y]
• I Tested [N] [Popular/Viral X]. [Surprising verdict].
• Stop Buying [X] — The Logger's $2 [Method/Fix] That [Benefit]
• These [CAPS X] Mistakes Are Costing You [Money/Time]

Thumbnails

The persona close up, stern or concerned, holding or pointing at an object (split wood, ash, a potato); a burning wood stove or woodpile behind; a huge two- or three-line caption in white and yellow with a black outline (10 of 10); an arrow or circle on the object in 6 of 10.

Their thumbnails, most viewed first

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Why it works

• One breakout: '5 Woodpile Dangers That Can Put You in the Hospital' has 298,032 of the channel's 610,300 views
• All 5 most viewed videos came out Sep 18–26, after titles moved to numbered dangers and 'I Tested' formats
• A clear credential hook: 15 of 27 description excerpts say 'Forty-two years in the timber'
• Measured proof: descriptions cite thermometers, a moisture meter and a kitchen scale, with numbers per item
• Heating-season topics at a near-daily pace: 16 uploads from Sep 16 to Oct 3

No outside links found on this channel yet.

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