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In the 1970s, good quality camping gear was quite expensive. You might think it is expensive now, but back then most of the good brands were still sewn in USA, not asia, it cost a fortune. I think my first down sleeping bag cost close to $100, and the minimum wage at that time was $1.60. A lot of people sewed up their own gear due to the cost of professionally made gear. I recall getting a great price on a tent body that lacked the tent fly, somehow they got separated before the tent body got to the retailer. But I bought some coated nylon and a grommet kit and sewed up my own rain fly.
I think I still have a down vest that I sewed together in the 70s or early 80s, but I do not recall if it was a Frostline kit or a Holubar kit. I did not attach a label to it.Often people were not that great at sewing up the kits and seams would meander somewhat instead of being in straight lines, etc. If your Frostline looks like it was professionally sewn, you got lucky.