Correct Ray. On the occasions I use round-cores (usually Newtones) I don’t cut until they’re tuned up. But for hex-cores, I find the ‘Taylor’ method quick, easy, and reliable. I’m a comparatively recent convert to the ‘Taylor’ method, for most of the 64 years I’ve been playing I’ve used either the ‘one over, the rest under’ method, or the method that employs a ‘lock’ by wrapping the free end under and around the captive part of the string.

As you say, each to their own way, but I’ve never found an easier method than the Taylor method.