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The Sugowaza looks nice. I use an Ibuki; it is about an inch shorter. Similar tooth size. You can do a lot of cutting with these tools.

You'll be forced to retire, duh!

A solid dealer for new, parts, and service (when in extremis:)) is a godsend. The local Stihl shop used to be one of those, but these days with the diminution of the Oregon logging industry in general, and the retirement of its best techs, it's a shadow of its former glory, sadly. Still good...

Yup, here too. MS 044 with 25" b&c can deal with plentyfully big wood...up to 30 inch, as I recall. I have had to go to the 066 with 36" b&c on only a few occasions. Now for me, that is getting into too much saw aloft for it to be even close to enjoyable :). My work far more often needed...

In my world, first thing to remember is it's almost always softwoods being cut, even the "hardwoods" are soft relative to most deciduous species. I run a 14" b&c on my 200T and a 16" b&c on my 200RH. Have swapped the 16" on to the 200T on more than a few occasions. It does take care of some...

Don't hold the kid to too high a bar regarding this sort of thing :). When I was his age, I was sitting in a European history class in college. He, on the other hand, is out there making a living in far from the easiest way.

Truth. You usually cannot work a climb line into safest position on a normal horizontal-ish conifer branch at the heights we have to out here, without that technique in your bag of tricks.

Excellent point, Rich. Though it's a rule of thumb that has been far from strictly followed for as long as I can remember.

Might be a bit tricky to manage solo, both cutting and handling the line...but probably doable in many cases. Nice.