Trying to learn about splices

[GDD1966]

I understand the difference btwn a full splice & short splice......but how do you know if a cue was spliced vs. the points just being inlaid? For example, were all of Tim Scruggs / Bill McDaniel's cues spliced? I assume some of the mass produced (i.e. McDermott) are inlaid points vs. spliced?

 

[Sheldon]

The longest tips will taper to nothing and (usually) be slightly uneven. It's possible to inlay sharp points and veneers, but tough to do at the very ends.

 

[Stellar1024]

I understand the difference btwn a full splice & short splice......but how do you know if a cue was spliced vs. the points just being inlaid? For example, were all of Tim Scruggs / Bill McDaniel's cues spliced? I assume some of the mass produced (i.e. McDermott) are inlaid points vs. spliced?

The points being inlaid with a 90 degree V groove is called a half splice. Not sure what a short splice is, but I'd assume it's the same thing as a half splice.. ie. Now you can just inlay something and make it look kind of like a half splice, but usually you'd only do that if the material you want to use for points doesn't have a large enough 90 degree male V surface available (ie. You have a thin veneer or something like that...) High quality CNC inlaying, in my opinion, is more difficult than a half splice, so not sure why you would do it otherwise.. also it's very difficult and requires special techniques to CNC a sharp point, where splices naturally produce sharp points...