Mike Balter Bamboo Timpani Mallets are made with hand-selected, completely smooth 1/2" wide bamboo shafts. They feel light in the hands, but with a satisfying amount of heft out front. They're quite stiff and rebound off the drums easily.
The heads are crafted from extremely high quality felt, sewn in such a way that there is no exterior seam and therefore no bad sound quality from any position.