The Tools Of The Trade
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Gunfighter Design Makers Mark Hat
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The HYDRA SERE knife
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Gunfighter Design Makers Mark T-Shirt
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The Greenside
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The 猟師 (Ryōshi)
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Custom Cerakote
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High Vis Gunfighter Design Makers Mark Sticker
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Custom leather sheath
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Backcountry Operators Axe
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GUNFIGHTER DESIGN CUSTOM
Custom made hunting, fishing and outdoor use knives and custom cutlery.
Handmade functional art. I have always found knives to be one of the most important tools throughout my entire life. Just about every person on every part of the planet depend on knives on a daily basis. Whether it to be used to prepare food, process game, cut cordage, open packages, cut airbags from a crashed car or even for self-defense. Knifes are of the most primal and most used tools in the world.
I grew up hunting and fishing and later spent time in the Marine Corps as a Scout Sniper. A knife was always by my side. Usually used for mundane tasks like opening MREs or cleaning toe jam from under my nails and still an extension of myself, a part of my personality a part of my livelihood. On a few occasions I used my knife as a breaching tool to hack through a locked door or pry open a window. Those times are the times I realized a knife needs to be sturdy very sturdy. I broke a knife at the worst possible time, when it was impossible to replace it and when I needed it most. Since that day I longed for a stronger knife one that can handle the rigors of war and still be useful to open boxes or skin an elk or to slice tomatoes for a BLT.
25 years of working with steel, building, designing and fabricating elaborate chassis and suspensions I felt it was time for a change. It was time for me to take a step back, time to create something as functional as it is beautiful, time to make serious and primal tools for people who enjoy rugged functionality paired with artistic finesse.
gunfighter design made to order
Custom made to order
Custom made for you. All my hand made tools are unique and specifically made just for you. You can choose your blade finish, handle material, serial number and sheath. I also offer custom cerakote and custom deep etching.
Axe Wax
Protect your investment! Most knife steels will rust if uncared for. Axe Wax is an amazing all natural, food safe product that protects and seals your tools. Use it on your blades, handls and sheathes to repel water and help prevent rust.
GUNFIGHTER DESIGN-About US
Gunfighter
Robert Ziarnick: Growing up in the remote mountains of North Idaho I spent a great deal of time hunting, fishing, hiking and camping. A knife was always in my pocket or on my belt. At 16 I started working with metal, welding and working on cars, this led me to my first knife build forged out of a rolled Chevy parts truck I had bought for the axles. I also joined the Navy while in high school with the hopes to join the SEAL teams after finding I was ineligible to even try out for BUD/S I dropped out of school to get out of the Navy. Two years went by and every day I regretted my decision. My grandfather, a retired LA county sheriff and Marine talked me into contacting a Marine recruiter. A month later I had my GED and was at the MEPS signing my life away to the USMC. I had a goal in mind to become a Scout Sniper and was quickly given that opportunity after being assigned to Lima Company to 3rd Battalion 1st Marines 1st MARDIV. My first school Urban Reconnaissance and Surveillance had me hooked and motivated. In March 2002 I graduated High Shooter from the legendary 1st MARDIV Sniper School at that point I had been a Marine for only a year and a month, 2 days later I was on the USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 with the11th MEU heading for the Middle East and Africa. During that deployment my good friend Buck and I came up with the idea to buy a used box truck to start a knife shop in the barracks parking lot. That idea never came to fruition because we were immediately redeployed on the USS Bonhomme Richard LHD-6 for OIF-1. After returning CONUS I attended SERE School, DEST, PDHAS, CWSS, Mountain Scout Sniper, MCMAPS green belt instructor course, a few other schools and training evolutions. A short time later I was back in Iraq for OIF-2. In 2005 I got out of the Marines with a TBI and PTSD my life was in a massive downward spiral and by august of 2006 I was on my 4th serious Suicide attempt that landed me in the hospital for 5 years of intensive inpatient treatment. Suicide saved my life. While in the hospital I attended college for machining and for automotive technician, which I turned into a career building high-end hotrods, retromods, off road vehicles and racecars. As a hobby I started forging straight razors and knives. My good friend (brother really) Buck was visiting and we drew up our dream knife it took a few years and a move for me to get around to actually make it and when I did get it done I knew I had something fresh that no one else was making. Gunfighter Design and Fabrication is born October 2018, which I started as a venture into my own fab shop, I quickly began making more and more knives and my hobby became a well loved second job while still building high end cars and 4x4s with help from my awesome wife.