Fritz Jonk yeoman info

Justin Yeager · December 28, 2014, 11:23:00 AM

thank you for the add.. I recently purchased a Fredericks yeoman made by Fritz jonk from an estate sale and was looking for any info/ value of this beautiful piece. I haven't been into longbows until recently and seen this bow and price and couldn't walk past it. Very nice piece but I really can't find much info on it myself and was referred to this forum. It is a very nice bow in amazing condition.. Thanks in advance for any helpful info. Looking for value, age, quality..

Bjorn · December 28, 2014, 01:10:00 PM

Welcome to Trad Gang. You can't brag here without pics or your post will get pulled!

Justin Yeager · December 28, 2014, 01:39:00 PM

im trying to post pics cant figure it out quite yet..

Justin Yeager · December 28, 2014, 02:07:00 PM

Justin Yeager · December 28, 2014, 02:08:00 PM

it also says handcrafted for Thom Rogers..

Justin Yeager · January 08, 2015, 10:59:00 AM

I guess no-one has any info on this particular bow?! Thanks anyway..

Orion · January 12, 2015, 08:57:00 PM

If memory serves, Fritz made about three models. The Yeoman was the plainest of the three. Very nice design, incorporating a fair amount of reflex/reflex. His bows don't come up for sale much, in part because there just aren't very many of them, so it's difficult to say what it might be worth. I think his high-end model was called the Legend, and there was another in-between that I think was called the Baron. Models differed in wood inlays, number of laminations, trim, etc., not design as far as I can remember.

ahandle70 · January 14, 2015, 07:13:00 PM

Justin, I believe Frederick longbows were built just outside of Hornick, IA years ago. Fritz is a stand up man and his work was amazing. I believe his top of the line bow was the Regent and it had diamond inlays on the limbs. I believe he tapered his limbs as well. He quit building bows in the late 90's or early 2000's I am pretty sure. I will try to dig out a brochure form years back that I got when I visited his shop. VERY nice bows you don't see too often. Enjoy it!