It looks like the tang stamp "might" read:
PAL CUTLERY CO
MADE
IN U.S.A.
Or it "might" read:
PAL BLADE CO
MADE
IN U.S.A.

It looks like the tang stamp "might" read:





It looks like the letter W just before the N.








Apt description, the only 2 words needed.





I've never seen either one, until now.