You're not fair. According to your signature, I suppose you have -R- in mind to have sharp return points, but I'm sorry, they aren't.
Simple,
He misses the point.
Darrin's joinery does not involve joining two squares that interlock like Burton Spain or Rambow's construction method. That method produces the return points he sees visually when looking at a cue. These points on most FS cue have a geometry that puts those return points back over 12 inches from the joint to be covered by a wrap because they seldom look perfect.
Darrin tapers a forearm and cuts v groves in it and then makes it join to a square that has been cut to interlock with the crotches of the return area squared off to accomadate the return of the colored veneers. To get those veneers to be completely symmetrical where the converge he has to hand sand the back of the veneer stack on a sander.
The results of this hand sanding properly produces his veneers that are even and look incredible in that return area as they are even a squared on the bottom not distorted or wiggly. He had done veneer stacks on full splices that are over 10 sheets. When you seen the return area in person the look is amazing. Taking the taper forearm joined to the saw cut square with over 10 stacked veneers is not something that anyone else does that I know of.
BTW, Darrin's return area or crotch is located above 12 inch wrap area geometry. The amount of work that goes into that joint should not be hidden under a wrap. He shows it off as well he should.
I have spent hundreds of hours in my good friend's shop and have been there during the revisions of his FS production jigs that evolved over 7 years to we're it is today.
When that guy said Rambow would have thrown that cue in the wood stove I thought he was just being a troll. I have since figured out he just did not know what he was looking at.
Rick