I watch both, as both have useful data. The 90 deg bend of the K20 was very impressive in Nathan's videos.
The antics in the former's work is just performance art. I find it funny and quite heartwarming because it pushes the free speech envelope in certain ways and I admire when people do that, even if it's not what I would say or do. I 100% acknowledge that many people find it incredibly distasteful. Maybe takes one (me) to know one

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Yeah, I did.
Probably will take some time, because these tests happen in batches, but should happen this year I believe.
Okay, another edit (since this is mod-view only at this point):
Guys, please bear with me here. I read through the entire 26 page thread on the other sub-forum and can see there is quite a contentious relationship btw this forum and Joe, without needing to take a side. Lots of hate, in fact. And on both sides. It's something that I sort of picked up on, but had no idea how deep it ran. I can imagine it stemming from (as per that 26-pg thread) some of the personal insults from videos that were either edited or removed - and I never saw them.
No joke - I came into all this thinking it could be just a heck of a fun time, seeing a Carothers finally tested (as was suggested by some very posters in this thread in the long 26 pager) knowing that it would probably do great. It would be interesting, something to talk about, etc. I haven't yet seen a destructive testing matchup w/ Carothers yet against other 'hard use' type blades, and something instructive might be gleaned from it. And unbeknownst to me at the time of sending it, people had been asking for it. The first responses I got were surprising in a pleasant way - Nathan responded, you responded, ppl were joking around, everyone seemed cool and a real good sport, because I'm not stupid, I know that Joe's videos can be polarizing. Anyway, got a great vibe. But it changed!
And I know that I've only got something like 20+ posts, not an everyday regular, but BladeForums has always been good to me. I'm not a troll. I'm a Carothers owner. I was so excited when I got a spot in the Friday sale for the BFK. Good times. I suppose I just wanted to say my motive should be clear. I carry this knife every day I'm in the field. I'm an HVAC technician. I don't buy knives to collect and look at. I use them, and hard because that's what the job demands. Which is why I bought a Carothers. Which is also why the Joe X testing doesn't bother me. I want to see it destroyed to know how far it can be pushed first. I want to see how tough it is. That's it. And maybe others do too. Maybe not! That's fine too. I'm always willing to maintain a high standard of conversation, and I would like this conversation carried forward, respectfully of course, but not at the expense of it being scrubbed clean of it's original intent: Joe X is going to destroy a Carothers knife, and we are all going to see how long it lasts. I'm confident, and thought that was the energy I'd get here too, sort of that 'oh hell yeah, here we go, do your worst!' kinda thing. Even if you don't like him, you at least can have faith in the knives themselves

I just thought it could be something fun we could talk about, and I'm going to challenge you to think about it from this point of view but if the history runs too deep, it is what it is. If all this remains unacceptable to the moderation team, I would much prefer you just kill it versus editing it into something I did not intend, because that just seems dishonest. It would suck, but 'Respect the Mods' is the 1st rule. Your house = your rules. Thanks guys