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Yes, without a real understanding of the work that goes into creating points
It is really hard to appreciate the beauty and difficulty of aligning everything perfectly and this was done during with cues in the 1900s when table saws were very crude cutting devices. Even during the 1960s, this was difficult since the blades were not very thin yet either. I don't buy cues that don't have points. The only cue I have that does not have points was from a person that owed me a lot of money. You can tell the mastery of a cuemaker by the quality of the points, there should be no gaps and the tips of the points should be even and sharp. In my opinion, the 4 point cues are the classic test since no tricks are usually used to make those spliced points. Other 8 point and more point cues are not always spliced points but more often inlays.
How master cuemakers made blanks for George Balabushka
I've played with a handful of full-splice cues, pretty sure never . . .
Video Links: I follow Studiotronics, he's about as high tech as it gets. Shows you how to build half and full splice cues. He's a Master Builder.
I figured it was complicated, but I had no idea it was THIS complex!
Yes, without a real understanding of the work that goes into creating points