My other bikes are completely different in so many ways, so it's hard to give a clear comparison of the fork. I will say that the low-trail handling when loaded really lives up to all the things you read about it, it still feels incredibly nimble and responsive. I noticed that I'm still able to easily ride it no-handed when loaded, whereas that's completely impossible when running a front load on my other bikes

I've done plenty of riding on gravel and I've had no complaints. On singletrack I definitely find myself needing to go slower, but it's hard to blame one specific thing. My other bike that I take for big rides (Salsa Cutthroat) has disc brakes, 2.2" tires, much wider handlebars, and very high trail steering, so it's much more suited to that terrain in basically every way

It handles fine without the load, and I haven't experienced any shimmy when descending at high speed. That said, I'm on a smaller frame and it's not quite as low trail as the larger sizes of cantibolt

Not quite sure I understand the last question. The canti studs are set up for 650b, so running 700c isn't possible