Greetings. I just purchased some bulk microphone cable at a music store.
The part number is L-4E6S (Canare Star Quad).

When I arrived home just now, I was going to make a an XLR F to XLR M
microphone cable. When I cut open this cable, I found something I have
never seen before. Inside are two blue wires and two white wires surrounded
by a braided shield.

This makes sense now, as its known as "Star Quad" cable. But my question is
this: an XLR end has three pins, and here I have essentially four wires
plus the shield. Do I combine the two blues together to form "one" blue
wire, and then the two whites together to form "one" white wire?

Or do I just go into the XLR 3 pin connector with a single blue, a single
white, and shield?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Darren