Excellent finish straight sticks, the thinned-down grip area gives an excellent feel of where the fulcrum is and help you keep the stick gripped there. This area being thinned gives the feel of a 5B that is actually more a 2B stick, they are also light for a stick of this size. 65/66g I fell the 17.6mm butt thickness makes them on paper seem a much thicker heavier stick than they are. The fell and play in had very similar to 2b i have.