Vintage Trailwise Berkeley bag for use as a donor for underquilt?

**Naegling** · 06-06-2012, 00:55

So I found an older Trailwise Berkeley down bag at the local St. Vinnie's for $10. The bag still has excellent loft and is about 4" thick with down. My plan was to use this as a donor bag to make a 3/4 underquilt, but I feel really bad cutting up such a great old bag. This thing is really amazing. I'm guessing early 70s?

Does anyone know if there's a market out there for such a cool bag? I would hate to cut this up if there's someone out there looking for what I would assume would be a hard bit of kit to come by after all these years. I'm not looking to make money on this, just wondering if I'm cutting up something that can't be replaced.

**sargevining** · 06-06-2012, 07:19

There is a market for vintage camping gear. I'd suggest trolling Ebay to see if any are being sold and what they are going for.

Or

You could see of the Appalaan Trail Musuem would like it.

**Naegling** · 06-09-2012, 01:36

Thanks, for the reply.

I checked ebay and found a few completed listings for this type of gear. At this point I think it's going to become a comfy underquilt for me with a rich past!