Challenger Brand Scratch Awl

[JeremyBender]

Is there anybody familiar with this old company, "Challenger"? I don't feel like it's Penens/Proto. The only marking is the word, Challenger. The bottom of letter C, continues rolling underneath the rest of the word.
Thank you, guys

 

[four.cycle]

^ Definitely older than Penens/Challenger.

The "Challenger" name was used by Stanley at some point. I have no idea on time frame.

 

[Zugec]

That "Challenger" mark is not the same one Penens/Proto used. This style with the sweeping "C" underlining the word shows up on older hand tools from the early 1900s, usually wood-handled screwdrivers and brace bits.

They were more of a hardware/contract brand, not big industrial line like Proto. Likely an independent maker that got folded into one of the bigger tool houses later. Not a ton of info that could be found, but your piece looks like one of those early screwdriver handles, so definitely pre-WWII era

 

[four.cycle]

who made "Challenger" screwdrivers? Bridgeport?
(that's definitely NOT screwdriver handle, though.)

okay.. maybe not.. they made a "Challenge" screwdriver (1917 catalog), but I am not finding "Challenger"

 

[JeremyBender]

This is an awl fellas.