I do a lot of guiding for small and large groups in the mountains and wilderness. I'm in the white mtns, adirondacks, & berkshires a lot with groups. I'm sure some of the groups would have no problem testing out knives on the trips. Some are a week long, and a few are even longer. We take down some serious bush so any knife could be tested pretty thoroughly on one of the longer trips, especially if people have it in their mind to test the knife whenever posibilitys arise. As for the documenting & pictures, I don see that as a problem usually everyone has a camera or at least a phone and could get any info and pics you wanted. Let me know if it sounds good to you, if it does I'd be glad to help out.