That's a nice blanks Mr. Wadsworth...I'm can confirm is not one of our as we only use higher grade "South American Rosewood" wood on our full splice blanks along with high quality birdeye maple from Canada.
"Rice Glue"...that's a good one!! I guess you can called it special formulated epoxy in US and whatever you like if it's in china. Our full splice blanks are made using the exact same CNC machines that were used to make full splice blanks in Canada. We are now modifying our full splice blanks specification so that the blanks splice are in the middle of the cue. We have these blanks specifically programmed and engineered to meet the quality demanded by cue builders from all around the world. We are constantly improving the manufacturing process and engineering of our quality full splice blanks to meet the higher standards set by cuebuilders but at the same time making it affordable and profitable for all cuebuilders.
Regards,
Duc.