About me
Daniel Gentile –bladesmith since 1998.
Fire, knives, swords – they have fascinated me for as long as I can remember. I have been forging since 1998, and the craft has never let go of me.
My workshop in Laufen produces one-off pieces in Damascus steel: knives for the kitchen, the outdoors and the workshop, swords and axes after historical models – often with handles in Swiss fruit-tree wood. Behind them is also experience from one of the last industrial forges in Zurich and from building machines and tools. Some of my work has been shown in museums and at exhibitions.
On my courses, people who have never forged stand at the anvil – and go home with their own knife. They come from all over Switzerland and from far away, from Taiwan, Kuwait or the USA. I teach in German and English.
«Working at the anvil, with fire and steel, is my passion – a part of my life and of who I am.»
- Since 1998
- Handmade in Switzerland
- Damascus steel
- Courses in German & English