I am having some welcome beginner's luck with rooting my fig cuttings (especially RDB) and need some advice. There are roots starting ALL OVER my cuttings, top to bottom. They have at minimum six nodes (most have more). I could potentially cut the most vigorous cuttings in half and pot up two trees, instead of one. Has anyone done this successfully or does it tend to kill cuttings or lead to weak growth? Thanks so much!

I thoght of doing the Same thing. Never tried it

Early this week a cutting I was rooting started roots at the very top 1" (and no where else yet). I know there was a bud in that portion. The roots were almost in line. So, I cut the top less than an inch and potted it horizontal with root side down in the soil. The bud is already greening up and opening so it has anchored itself through the roots.
The remaining bigger portion of the cutting is still in the paper bag for rooting.

I believe you can try cutting and hopefully you will get two or at least one rooted plant. It is good to do your own experimenting

Preface - this is only my second year rooting cuttings.

I had read last year of people doing that successfully, so I tried that with two very vigorous cuttings several weeks ago that had sprouted roots all over while in a box of moist perlite, one a RdB, one a Unk. Carini - all 4 resulting plants have roots and leaves in the cup after dividing each cutting in half and burying most or all of the cutting.  Each of the original cuttings was on the larger or fatter side, and each had 4-5 nodes originally.

Thanks guys! If I decide to take the plunge, I'll take before and after pics and post my results.

BrightGreenNurse,
  I've done that successfully.  The cuttings were fine.  If you have multiple cuttings you could do it on just some of them to hedge your bets. 
  I always like to leave a couple of nodes on each cutting so there is more than one buried node.  Or wait until you pot them up and just bury them deeper.  Having multiple buried nodes is cheap insurance in case anything (like a hard freeze) happens to the top.
Cheers,
Jim

It's fine to cut it if you have real roots on both halves.  A lot of people are confusing lenticels for roots.  If you show us a photo of the cutting before you cut it you would get better advice.