A Treasury Of… Minneapolis Fashion and Interior Design Blog

‘Round where I live, there’s a trio of surplus stores called Ax-Man Surplus that offers bin after bin of obsolete odds ‘n ends. You might not need 250 doll legs, or 75 calculators shaped liked Kentucky, or half a dozen mousepads with Mr T.’s face on them, but it’s life-affirming to know there’s someone out there who will nab up that crap, and gladly.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure after all, and nestled next to the tacky glow-in-the-dark travel thermoses, there’s also an awesome assortment of cleanly-designed and perfectly-packaged products from years gone by that, with some patience and a finely-tuned eye, transform Ax-Man into a Minnesotan version of the style-savvy Salvor Kiosk.

Last Saturday at Ax-Man, with a stupid grin on my face, I swiped up:

- 2 U.S. military pins = 1.45 
- evaporating dish = 2.50
- 1980s police training shorts = .95 
- metal clasp wristlet = .45
- German golden bullet = 4.95 
- 2 French military arm bands = 1.50 (watch out, Chris Martin)

Never has spending sixteen bucks been such a blast.

Indexed Under: Minnesota, Objects, Shopping, Thrifting