I really like the Roxanne betweens. I use them for all of my quilting needs and sometimes for those awful 'mending' jobs our spouses come up with, lol. I've not been fond of the John James or, frankly, the Thimblelady needles. Thimblelady needles bent far too easily for me and I found the John James 'dull' in comparison to the Roxanne. JMO.