Tackhead with a tension hoop?

[John Cohen]

Has anybody ever seen something like this before?  It's a tackhead but the tacks go through the tension hoop.

[John Cohen]

Yes, I was thinking modern day.  Good to know that the tacks are easy to obtain.  The banjo is from a sale in Fredricksburg, VA.  It was sold along with a very beat up 5-string from the 1880s or 1890s.  Here are more pictures:

[Joel Hooks]

Agreed, this is of fairly recent manufacture.  Likely made in the last +/-10 years.

Is that a screw through the heel into the dowel?

[John Cohen]

I'm not sure, I'm waiting for it to be delivered.  The rosewood veneer looks very good and I think I got it for a good price... you can never have too many banjos.