Viking Cues builds its pool cues in Middleton, Wisconsin, turning and finishing them in-house rather than importing blanks. Quarter King carries 126 Viking listings: 124 pool cues across 14 named lines, plus a carbon fiber replacement shaft and a joint protector set. Every cue shares a Viking Quick Release 5/16x18 pin and a ViKORE maple shaft as the baseline, with wrap material, forearm wood, and inlay work setting the lines apart, from the entry-priced Kayano series up through signature cues built with Ariel Carmeli and Anthony Two Feathers Squadroni. Quarter King is an authorized Viking dealer.
Quarter King Billiards is an authorized Viking dealer. Free shipping on orders over $98 (contiguous US) and 30-day returns. Every spec on this page is checked against the manufacturer's published data by our Wilmington, NC store team.
4.9/5 average from 158 customer reviews across Viking.
Viking Cues is based at 2228 Pleasant View Road in Middleton, Wisconsin,
where the company states it manufactures the large majority of the parts that
go into its cues and builds its cues entirely in the United States. Viking's
own marketing leans on that domestic manufacturing story alongside a
craftsmanship pitch built around fine woods, a durable ferrule, hand-finished
wraps, and pro taper shafts, positioning the brand as a step up from a mass
import cue without the cost of a full custom build. The same Middleton
facility also produces Valhalla, a separate Viking-owned line sold under its
own name and carried on its own pages at Quarter King, which is worth knowing
if a search for Viking cues also turns up Valhalla results.
Quarter King's current Viking assortment runs to 126 listings. 124 of those
are complete pool cues across 14 named lines, organized under our
Viking Pool Cues
category. The other two round out the brand: a Siege carbon fiber replacement
shaft and a set of joint protectors, so a Viking owner can service a cue
without mixing in another brand's parts. Thirty-two of the 126 listings are in
stock as of this writing; the rest cycle in and out as Viking runs new
production batches, which is typical of a maker that builds cues in small runs
rather than warehousing every finish.
Viking organizes its current catalog into named collections rather than a
single playing line, and Quarter King carries cues from all of them.
Our 124 Viking cues run from about $240 to about $2,900 across 14 lines:
the everyday playing series Kayano, Storm, Bedlam, Twilight, Ovation, Motore,
Defender, Helix, and Impero; the graphic-design De-Cues line; the Crush break
and jump family; and three signature collections built with Ariel Carmeli,
Anthony Two Feathers Squadroni, and the PFD Elements design team. Twenty-five
more cues in this assortment sit outside that 14-line structure entirely:
older three-digit catalog numbers Viking never remapped into a current
collection on its own site, a Triple 60 branded jump cue, and the Ragnar
youth cue system. Most of the range clusters between about
$400 and $1,000, with the entry-priced Kayano, Storm, and Bedlam lines
covering the low end and the Carmeli, Two Feathers, and Elements signature
collections covering the top. Thirty of the 124 cues are in stock as of this
writing, with Kayano, Bedlam, and Twilight carrying the most in-stock
availability at any given time. See the full series breakdown, including
which models are in stock, on the Viking Pool Cues
shelf.
Beyond the cues, Quarter King stocks the Viking Siege VIKCF2, a 12.5mm
carbon fiber replacement shaft built on a Uni-Loc joint fitting, priced at
about $500. Viking's own site lists this alongside a Whyte carbon fiber option
and its standard wood ViKORE shaft as the brand's current shaft lineup. We
also carry a set of Viking-specific joint protectors, priced at about $20, to
protect the joint pin and collar on any Viking cue between sessions.
Almost every cue in Quarter King's Viking assortment is built around the
same core components, which is why the model-to-model differences come down
mostly to wood, wrap, and artwork.
The standard shaft across the lineup is Viking's ViKORE hard rock maple,
aged five years before being turned and finished with a 12 to 14-inch pro
taper, in either a 12.75mm or 13.00mm tip diameter depending on the model. For
a player who wants a low-deflection alternative, the Siege VIKCF2 carbon fiber
shaft we carry separately is built to the same 12.5mm tip and Uni-Loc fitting
Viking uses across its performance shaft line.
122 of our 124 Viking cues use the Viking Quick Release pin, a 5/16x18
stainless steel pin set into a joint with a brass insert. Only a Triple 60
branded jump cue and one Crush break and jump cue use a plain 5/16x18 pin
instead, which still keeps them compatible with other 5/16x18 shafts.
Across the 124 cues, 84 use an Irish linen wrap, 22 are finished in
leather, 16 skip the wrap for a wrapless design, and one uses a sport wrap.
Every cue gets a multi-coat urethane finish over the forearm and butt sleeve,
the same finishing process Viking documents on its Ovation line.
Viking's documented spec for its Ovation line, representative of the
lineup, lists an Everest laminated tip as the standard fitment along with a
capped, threaded ferrule made from Viking's own proprietary material rather
than a stock nylon or ivorine ferrule. Most models also ship with a range of
tip upgrade options at order time, including several Kamui tip grades, for a
player who wants a softer or harder hit than the stock tip provides. A high
impact acrylic butt plate carrying the Viking logo and a threaded rubber
bumper round out the build on the reference model.
Because the Viking range at Quarter King runs from about $240 up to about
$2,900, it covers a wide span of buyers rather than one type of player. The
Kayano, Storm, and Bedlam lines suit someone buying a first real two-piece cue
or a second cue for league play, since all three sit under $500 on the same
maple shaft and joint as the rest of the catalog. The mid-tier Twilight,
Ovation, Impero, Helix, and Motore lines step up in wood and inlay work for a
player who wants more visual presence without moving to a fully custom cue.
The Carmeli, Two Feathers, and Elements signature collections sit at the top
of the range and suit a collector or a gift buyer looking for a named
designer's work rather than a standard production model. The Crush family and
the Ragnar youth cue serve specific needs, break and jump play and younger
players respectively, rather than general table play. A buyer choosing
between Viking and one of the other American-built brands Quarter King
carries should weigh how much of the price is going toward inlay and artwork
versus a plainer, lower-cost model in the same construction, since the
underlying maple shaft and joint carry through the entire range regardless of
how much decoration a given cue has. Someone shopping for a youth or beginner
player specifically should look at the Ragnar system cue rather than a
full-size adult model, and a player who only needs a break or jump cue to pair
with an existing playing cue should start with the Crush family instead of a
full playing cue from one of the named lines above.
Every Viking cue Quarter King sells carries the manufacturer's limited
lifetime warranty, which covers warpage and all components except the tip,
ferrule, finish, wrap, and bumper, treated as wear items. Registration on
Viking's website within 60 days of purchase is required for a claim, the
warranty applies to the original owner only and is non-transferable, and
Viking repairs or replaces a covered cue with the same model or one of equal
value. As an authorized Viking dealer, Quarter King's cues qualify for this
coverage when the original receipt and registration accompany a claim. Cases
and accessories, including the joint protectors we carry, are covered under a
separate 1-year warranty against defects. Shafts under 11.75mm and any cue
built with non-standard, unlisted options fall outside this warranty per
Viking's published terms. Viking also offers direct repair services for older
or out-of-warranty cues, which is part of why several of the players quoted
below mention keeping the same Viking cue in play for many years rather than
replacing it.
Long-running threads on the AZBilliards forums return to a consistent
theme on Viking: strong value for the price and genuine US manufacturing,
with posters describing decades of use from a single cue, steady resale
value, and responsive repair service directly from the factory. One
long-time poster recalled unpacking a new Viking and finding it wrapped in
newsprint from the Madison, Wisconsin area where the cue was made, taking it
as proof of the brand's domestic build. Several players note that Viking's
more affordable models can vary in feel from cue to cue in a way a fully
custom build does not, with one describing a lower-end model as underwhelming
next to a mid-to-upper-tier Viking played the same day, and a couple of
posters mentioned that Viking's proprietary ferrule material is meant to keep
weight down and cut deflection while still standing up to rough handling.
At the same time, multiple posters describe playing serious league and
tournament pool with Viking cues for years without issue, several mention
picking up a used or discounted Viking specifically because of its build
quality relative to price, and more than one names Viking alongside Joss as
one of the two production brands still built in America that they would
recommend without reservation. A recurring piece of advice in these threads is
to try the stock ViKORE shaft before swapping in an aftermarket one, since
several posters found the factory shaft played well enough on its own. The
consensus across these threads is that a Viking cue plays as well as the
player behind it, which is the same conclusion posters reach about most
production cues in this price range.
Yes. Alongside 124 Viking pool cues we stock the Siege VIKCF2 carbon fiber shaft, about $500, and a joint protector set, about $20.
Middleton, Wisconsin. Viking states it manufactures the large majority of its own parts and builds its cues in the United States.
A limited lifetime warranty covering warpage and all components except the tip, ferrule, finish, wrap, and bumper, once registered within 60 days of purchase.
Yes, which means Viking's warranty terms apply to cues bought here.
14 named lines, from the entry Kayano and Storm series to the Carmeli, Two Feathers, and Elements signature collections, plus 25 older catalog-numbered models.
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