reducing hammer weight

[John Delacour]

At 19:09 -0700 9/9/08, David Love wrote:

>I see from your photos that those are Ronsen hammers with Sapele moldings.
>I've been using the lightweight maple almost exclusively for awhile now.  I
>wonder if the Sapele isn't a pit more prone to coming apart like that.

The photos show walnut mouldings, not sapele.  Imadegawa hammers of 
this style are also walnut.

JD