The drama premiered in December and was widely released in January.
The movie follows Glass' quest for revenge after Fitzgerald, one of his men, betrays him, kills his son, Hawk, and leaves the severely wounded Glass behind. Our knives were not the only ones that were featured." Now that we know the story line, the next time we may watch without the sound. "It was difficult to catch both the story line and props," Debbie said. The Nessmuk was shown on one of the trappers in a camp. The Manns have seen the movie once, so, when it comes out on DVD, they'll be able to stop and pause it to see exactly how many of their knives are shown.īut amid the action at the theater they noticed them several times, including the San Francisco Bowie on veteran trapper Hugh Glass' (played by DiCaprio) belt. Hardy, who played the role of John Fitzgerald, carried the Hudson Bay throughout most of the movie, and it was taken by DiCaprio during a fight in a river scene near the end. "When the knives arrived and I showed them to Tom Hardy, he loved them." "They made me look like a hero," Eilertson said of the Manns. Old San Francisco Bowie, a gambler's knife of the Cowboy Era and Nessmuk, a hunter's knife named after the pen name of Forest and Stream magazine writer George Washington Sears in the 1880s. The couple sent three styles - Hudson Bay, well-liked by hunters of the mid-19th century and originally sold by the Hudson Bay Co. They sold five knives to Dean Eilertson, the movie's prop master, upon request. The Manns own Idaho Knife Works, a Western-style building next to their remote log cabin on the top of Hoodoo Mountain outside Blanchard. "I said to Debbie, 'There's Hudson Bay (knife style)' just loud enough to where people in front of us looked back at us like, 'What do you mean?'"ĭebbie added: "I think the people were annoyed at us." "It was really cool to be watching the movie then, all of a sudden, one of our knives is shown," said Mike, known in the mountain man rendezvous world as "Padre." The Manns' handcrafted knives were featured in the movie featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter. Five of their knives were used in "The Revenant," a 2015 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.īLANCHARD - Mike and Debbie Mann had good reason to become overly excited while watching the historical drama "The Revenant" at a theater.Īnd it wasn't even because they were on the edge of their seats or spooked. Mike Mann and his wife Debbie make up the entirety of Idaho Knife Works, a 27-year-old company that hand-forges knives of various kinds.