https://www.benbanters.com/thoughts daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://www.benbanters.com/thoughts/all-my-kickstarter-tips-and-tricks monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/18ad1757-4c51-4c25-8560-15bed8153470/kickstarter-campaigns-I%27ve-backed.jpg Thoughts - My Kickstarter Tips and Tricks - Make it stand out A quick smattering of campaigns I’ve backed over the years. Each one different and unique. Backing others’ campaigns is an excellent way to learn the platform without the effort of your own campaign. https://www.benbanters.com/thoughts/all-the-podcasts monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://www.benbanters.com/thoughts/civivi-sendy-design-story monthly 0.5 2024-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/10547878-0fb6-44b3-9bf5-5155b2190efc/pnw-hero-shot.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy Wild Pacific Northwest. Photo by Josh Rackham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/9eea4bac-eec0-4943-8d21-c0aac6ef853f/cedar-mesa.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy Cedar Mesa morning. Photo by Jamie Gregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/cf7977a0-c9b9-4646-bbe1-c593d0cb04ba/zion-ben-and-cool-mountain-in-back-that-you-can%27t-see-very-well.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy Zion National Park near Cedar City, Utah. 2006. Photo by Sean Vanhille. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/c0e7ef60-49df-4631-9133-7073f41c90ad/Sendy-explainer.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/cc2f69d9-b89c-4685-bfd9-753d6b323399/Cedar-sketches-prepped-3.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/fa981bbe-73d4-4f48-b38e-3b2701dc66f1/cedar-OG-concept.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/f5561aa1-c869-4d0f-884d-5a1a42ac0504/sendy-in-line-flipper.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy - Make it stand out The Sendy features an in-line flipper inspired by Joseph Vero’s designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/b2fe6d45-2542-471d-b3cc-693768018f8e/sendy-all-group.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/4332c1b8-0cc9-4f60-8568-84c661448875/sendy-toothpick.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/909d3717-b95d-4ce3-90df-658df8d20401/sendy-pocket-clip.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/e3c4188d-d6ee-4b1a-993b-74d954c68646/KNAFS-00198-Sendy-Pocket-Knife-Green-G10-Nitro-V-Disassembled.jpg Thoughts - My Hardest Knife Yet: Civivi Sendy - Make it stand out The Sendy runs on a ceramic ball bearing pivot. It has a backspacer with an integrated lanyard loop. The toothpick and tweezers are spring tension fit into their recessions. It’s my design, but it’s a seriously cool little piece of engineering from Civivi’s team. https://www.benbanters.com/thoughts/how-to-design-a-pocket-knife monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/1601606976417-E7K5UOLXI9P2HI5DQP0I/Banter-Knife-4.png Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/d831f7b3-37b6-40f6-b13a-92c32799eae4/lander-knives.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/a77837e8-a53e-47ef-a80a-4813167b7ad3/corporate-America-Stuff.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out Me $lingin’ bathroom fanz by the million$. 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Both have been successful in the market for very different reasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/8021f606-83d8-4d98-bcea-1f444456a1a6/sendy-sketch.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out This is one of the original sketches for the Civivi Sendy (originally supposed to be the Cedar). A big part of this knife is the story behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/91c0ba9b-7710-4c10-918e-02db3327a29f/tj-schwarz-in-action-Stuff.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/c497695f-faa6-4280-ba49-7f421d65e29b/knife-design-1-02.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/d1a268cd-6084-4323-962a-39a740ca3c3c/knife-design-2-01.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/612adcac-e0db-459b-ab1a-8bb0cfbd802d/dinner-jens-jeremie-matt.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/74aef9d5-f3fd-4c07-a1db-e5bb9e430da2/baby-banter.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/9694d091-2739-4ac5-a5a5-1836ad84ff1c/fred-karl-gears.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out A sampling of Fred’s work from his website, gearsproductmarketing.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/e6e23b01-4824-4562-bd05-7b9b8bf4a22c/truffles-knife.jpg Thoughts - How To Design a Pocket Knife - Make it stand out The Truffles knife raised $161K on Kickstarter! That’s amazing. 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It appears to be going really well. Does that mean I need to be on there? Maybe. Maybe not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/5ca719c2-ccc2-4e78-9f1e-ac27922b0745/IMG_4968.jpg Thoughts - Dancing with the Devil: SEO, Algorithms, and AI - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/c559b836-ee34-486c-9bb5-cf0c243a72c8/chapGPT-prompt.JPG Thoughts - Dancing with the Devil: SEO, Algorithms, and AI - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/cbde272b-3553-48fa-8380-6875cb615747/pocket-knife-from-AI.png Thoughts - Dancing with the Devil: SEO, Algorithms, and AI - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.benbanters.com/thoughts/no-one-is-coming-and-other-lessons-in-entrepreneurship monthly 0.5 2023-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/991df1fc-2538-43be-9821-31e8a9169b6e/lemons-picture.jpg Thoughts - “No One is Coming” and 7 Other Lessons in Entrepreneurship - Make it stand out Every last drop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/95eb2443-b6a3-49af-939d-07254fcfd570/baby-banter-fire.jpg Thoughts - “No One is Coming” and 7 Other Lessons in Entrepreneurship - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/20c7086e-be52-4b71-96ab-68b0fc1950de/athena-and-ben-knafs.jpg Thoughts - “No One is Coming” and 7 Other Lessons in Entrepreneurship - Make it stand out Athena and me at Blade Show Salt Lake — our second trade show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/e65b0f9f-591e-47ef-957e-5bcf3a2f66b1/ben-sanford-carmel.jpg Thoughts - “No One is Coming” and 7 Other Lessons in Entrepreneurship - Make it stand out Me and Sanford Owen at Carmel Cutlery. 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So much to think about in this field. https://www.benbanters.com/thoughts/micarta-banter-a-flaw-and-a-phoenix monthly 0.5 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/cd6f1ee3-3445-435c-a907-47b28fc95a43/g10-banter-internals.jpg Thoughts - Micarta Banter: a Flaw and a Phoenix - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/42d53bf8-14fc-4776-9c05-1ef573c27bd4/scale-swapping.jpg Thoughts - Micarta Banter: a Flaw and a Phoenix - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/13008bdc-b5db-4971-b49f-63884730621e/micarta-carbon-edited.jpg Thoughts - Micarta Banter: a Flaw and a Phoenix - Make it stand out The Micarta Banter transformed into the Carbon Fiber Banter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/9ccf11cf-3ee7-4459-b56e-25d6274dcbc2/micarta-banter-notes.jpg Thoughts - Micarta Banter: a Flaw and a Phoenix - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/528baa9a-5de9-454f-a0bd-8114b26ce140/NewVSold-comparison.jpg Thoughts - Micarta Banter: a Flaw and a Phoenix - Make it stand out Left: The updated internals of the Micarta Banter with a steel liner. 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Hard to tell). We figured out the story outline at the shop, then we made up specifics on location. It works for us. Photo by Matthew Melancon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/1598586590558-S7CKV5T3NT972HJHCNJU/Youtube-algorithm-V2.png Thoughts - Video Marketing: How to Hit 600K Views in 2 Weeks https://www.benbanters.com/thoughts/forged-by-war-telling-it-true-at-crkt monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/1598621040954-TN8JIGAJA57SHV5MFQKK/michael-rodriguez-forged-by-war-1024x768.jpg Thoughts - Forged by War: Telling it True at CRKT The camera setup and location. The setup worked well and the 70-200 lens was brilliant. If I were to do it again, I’d ditch the Litepanel fill light and jimmy rig another bounce for a stronger fill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/1598621075590-8AJOA8I2G33IMJBPS94W/forged-by-war-tp-300x225.jpg Thoughts - Forged by War: Telling it True at CRKT I did my best to keep e’rybody happy on the shoot. But I forgot toilet paper. I got teased for months and Darrin Sirois taught me an old Army technique for use when TP supplies are low. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/1598621278843-M85BPE1UMM0U4GX3LMMW/FBW-designers.jpg Thoughts - Forged by War: Telling it True at CRKT Michael Rodriguez, Elmer Roush, Darrin Sirois, Austin McGlaun and Jeremy Valdez. Photo by Ben Petersen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f472172cabf143a2b551072/1598621626241-B22XM9OXXSCROFCB1QYM/elmer-roush-forged-by-war.jpg Thoughts - Forged by War: Telling it True at CRKT Elmer Roush in his shop with a custom Birler axe. 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