I buy all types of sticks from all manufacturers and wood types.  I break many of them really quickly as I hit everything on my kit really hard.  These Oak sticks are great; I used them in my last show the day I received them and beat the hell out of my drums with them and it barely made any marks on the sticks.  Usually my hi hat play chews sticks up but these held up great.  I could see these sticks lasting me months.  Buy them, you will like them.