He used to live in Ellenville and he & his wife were good friends with Albert & Mrs. Baer. Hence he was given some rather special knives from time to time from Albert.
I thought this might have been from Albert. Still could have been as Albert either owned or was buying Camillus about the same time.
Here is information I just found about the Baer family and Camillus ownership. It's from Codger_64 on bladeforums. He is really knowledgeable about the history of Schrade and Camillus.
"First, the owners of Camillus were the daughters of Albert Baer, Betsy and Margery. Betsy Baer Kaufman (she was the Dean of Students at Queens College when she died of Cancer in Stamford Connecticut at age 54 in 1986. ..... She and her husband, John Kaufman (director of Camillus Cutlery upon his death in 1998), had a daughter, Gail Kaufman Furgal of Manhattan, and a son, J. Gilbert Kaufman of Manhattan. The second daughter was Margery Baer Irish of Stamford. Margery Baer Irish was an owner of the Camillus Cutlery Company, and has a daughter, Elizabeth Rucker. Eventual owners of Camillus stocks included the Baer grandchildren and their spouses. If I am in error in any of this, corrections are welcome"
Bert