LHT and crosscheck fork should only be 2.2~2.3lbs, or 1kg.
was your older fork made from carbon fiber? because most steel forks don't get any lighter than 1kg
I rather thought this fork would be in the 2 to 2.5 lb ballpark, too. I probably had that idea from the LBS reading the catalog or perhaps my on-line shopping. Yet, when I weigh the Surly at home, it's much closer to 3 lbs.
I'm baffled that the Surly is listed as under 1000 grams in the Universal Cycles catalog. I just looked in the steerer tube to see whether there might by something heavy stuck in there!
(My scale may be off, but I don't think it's off much if at all. And, it's unlikely it would weigh the original "light" and the Surly "heavy.")
The original is not lugged and is made from large diameter steel tubing. The manufacturer's mark on the original may once have been on the dropout, but wear has made it unreadable.