The cues that are regarded as the best playing cues ever made are almost universally half-spliced, Szamboti, Balabushka, Searing, Southwest, etc. House cues are full spliced.
8 Point cues are half spliced.
full and half splice
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The cues that are regarded as the best playing cues ever made are almost universally half-spliced, Szamboti, Balabushka, Searing, Southwest, etc. House cues are full spliced.
8 Point cues are half spliced.
I have in my possession a true 8 point full spliced cue. All 8 points come off the handle. Can you guess who made it?
I won't just guess but am probably willing to bet. An Adam, "Helmstter" brand built an 8 point full splice cue at one time. Adam cue company, who was usually deemed a 2nd class, Asian imported cue was actually a company who built a very good product. A number of cue manufacturers used to buy Adam blanks which they converted as their own.
Dick
You're right, as long as the opposite points are equal you can make long splice 8 pointers.
Thanks for the insight Dick....didn't think about that when I came across the cue. The final product has a FL makers telltale signs of construction. I've been trying to find out as much as I can about the blank. I may have to dig it out and start asking about it again.
