I use various sticks depending upon the style of drumming, The Vic Firth SD4 is/was my staple choice of stick, but they do wear pretty fast. So I went in search of a Hickory stick (stronger) and found these. They basically match Vic's SD4 although a little different in some very minor ways. These so far have proven to be much more durable. I maybe swayed to these Rohema's from now on.