Purchased for testing. The strength is there, and the quality of manufacture Vic Firth. But however it is too big to play with it unless have to paws lumberjack! With chopsticks like that I would not give much skins and finest cymbals. However, a more comprehensive and personal point of view, these are excellent baguettes if research were the good old log to play for my part, I remains on my 7A and 5A. Price average, for hitters.