Mystery Knife Game

[New_Windsor_NY]

Excelsior?

Sorry Bill, not Excelsior.

Made In The Good Old U.S.A.
From One Of These States:
Connecticut,
New York,
Rhode Island.
Two, Four Line Tang Stamps.
3" Closed.
Here are the pictures, again, for this page.

[Miller Bro's]

Challenge Cutlery

[Ripster]

Camillus

[New_Windsor_NY]

Camillus

Sorry JP, not a Camillus.

Challenge Cutlery

Yes Dimitri, Challenge Cutlery.
Your turn to post a "Mystery Knife."

[Miller Bro's]

Ok, I go find something to put up

[Miller Bro's]

Here's one, should be easy

[wlf]

Imperial

[Miller Bro's]

Nope

[Gtrclktr-351]

Colonial

[Miller Bro's]

Not Colonial.

Clue;
A well know American knife company. Not from a New England state.

[QTCut5]

A well know American knife company. Not from a New England state.

QUEEN CITY?

[Ridgegrass]

Utica

[Gtrclktr-351]

Cattarougus

[Ridgegrass]

Case O'.

[Miller Bro's]

QUEEN CITY?

Yes sir!

[QTCut5]

OK, gentlemen, I'd say it's aout time for some Stag....and another Mini-Trapper

[Ridgegrass]

Bear and Son. J.O'.

[QTCut5]

Nope, not B&S, but it is made in USA

[Gtrclktr-351]

Parker USA

[QTCut5]

Another good guess, but, sorry, no, it's not Parker USA.

This one is deceptively common looking, i.e., the brand is a bit more esoteric than the appearance of the knife might suggest.

[bestgear]

Providence Cutlery Company?

[QTCut5]

Not Providence Cutlery Company

It's an older brand that's been "revived" twice since it first started.

This brand has been used by several different companies in three distinct eras from circa 1877-Present.

This particular Stag Mini Trapper "Mystery Knife" was made during the second era, circa 1975-1990.

[QTCut5]

Knives made in the current iteration of this brand, i.e., the third era (circa 2022-present), have an eponymous shield.

[C-WADE7]

Knives made in the current iteration of this brand, i.e., the third era (circa 2022-present), have an eponymous shield.

Battle axe

[QTCut5]

Battle axe

There it is!!! Not sure if it was due to, or in spite of, my enigmatic clues, but you nailed it nontheless. Well done, sir

FWIW, here's a bit of information on the Battle-Axe Brand that I gleaned from the pages of AAPK:

There were two different eras and Companies that produced Battle Axe Brand Knives.
The older Battle Axe Cutlery co. were either made for or by A.R. Justice, (Alfred Rudolph Justice), a Philadelphia hardware wholesaler circa 1877-1937, who turned to cutlery and silver plating. You can find examples of pocket knives as well as tableware with the Battle Axe stamp.

The newer Battle Axe Brand, circa 1975-1990 was used by a group of men whose speciality was importing & selling good quality commemorative knives and a few production knives. These were small batch limited edition knives and usually serialized. They would produce the design, and had a factory in Solingen, Germany manufactured them. They are thought to have been made by the Frederich Olbertz factory in Solingen. (note: I never found confirmation of this) The knives used 1095 carbon steel and good quality handle materials.
Apparently, different members of the group designed & bought different knives, hence the many different collaborations of names on the knives.
J.W. Hickey of Winston-Salem NC, Hickey & T. Shouse of Winston-Salem, and George Smith of Hardin Wholesale who later became a partner in Blue Grass Cutlery. Brands were Battle Axe with House & Hardin, some with a secondary stamp of Hickey & Shouse

Obviously, that was written prior to the "third era" (circa 2022-present), in which Cooper Cutlery revived the brand again and released a full size trapper pattern bearing the "eponymous" battle axe shield. Examples of this modern "iteration" can be seen at Frank's Classic Knives as well as right here on AAPK by searching "Battle Axe"