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.
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