Fritz Jonk yeoman info

[Justin Yeager]

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]

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

[Justin Yeager]

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

[Justin Yeager]

         

[Justin Yeager]

it also says handcrafted for Thom Rogers..

[Justin Yeager]

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

[Orion]

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]

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!