Dots were popular probably because they are so easy to do. Many inlays were not very well done. I had a Balabushka with a lot of mop dots and notched diamonds. A close examination showed they were not well done.
Even early Joss cues you could see inlays poorly fitted with black tinted epoxy filling around around them. It is easy to disguise when set in Ebony. Ginacue did nice work. He made me a cue in the early '70s with MOP dots and diamonds and it was really nice, very well done. He may have raised the level of cue making.
Ol' boy in the back left about to dive right in, couple under the table handlin' business...but why in the Sam Hill is that fella crawling around the floor...must have dropped his Taom and it rolled under the table....
