Ax-Man Surplus

[4][5] The chain has locations in Saint Paul, Fridley, and St. Louis Park, as well as an online store.

[5] Ax-Man was founded by Jess Liberman, a native of Saint Paul whose father was a tailor.

In the early 1960s, Liberman acquired a large lot of shoes, which he proceeded to sell at his father's business.

[10][11] Construction on the Green Line was finished in 2014; the Snelling Avenue station now sits across the street from the Saint Paul store.

During the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, the flagship location in Saint Paul was broken into and vandalized.