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Mine is the crimson guitars one - the dead blow version. I just weighed it and it's 225g including the handle.
I don't use it much any more though, I prefer pressing them in. There's something a bit stressful about whacking so close to the finished fretboard with a hammer, and they rarely go in and seat as nicely as you'd like.
If you have a drill press, you may be able to clamp them in - here's the stew mac version of the tool, but guitars and wood (and other places) sell the same thing much cheaper:
What you building?
christianSpaceman
@.mo.
Fellow enthusiast i need halp.
Thoughy this is a better place than any questions, what weight is a fretting hammer?
Considering forging my own, I doubt Ill use it more than twice (2 guitars) and im infamously yorkshire tight.