JOHNSON CITY — Manager David Ramsey remembers the first shipment of Gransfors Bruks axes he received at Mahoney’s Outfitters.He was intrigued. He was impressed. And he was a little mortified.“I ...

I’ve used many axes since I was a kid, but the one that is my most reliable and trusted friend in the backcountry is the small Forest Ax by the Gransfors Bruks Company.