Don - Thank you for coming forward. Yes the head was black and I think Mark told me the knapper engraved his initials or atleast left some mark to identify the head. I will try to get a picture of it, but again I still have some hunting to do myself and may not see Mark for a few days. Ha! I think if you met Mark you would remember. He is usually clowning around at the shows.... infact, he bought the bow used at Comptons in 2006 because 75# is a harder bow to sell these days. Ha!