I received my first cue, well actually it was just the butt, when I was about 14-15, a Viking. This was about 90-91 and eventually I was able to ID the cue as a 1979 model or may of been 80. It was given to me by a bar owner that my mom was dating, whose cooler I helped stock. I helped myself for my stock too, out the back door, but he knew and laughed it off. He also let me shoot free pool all summer with an house cue, we didn’t have much extra money at the time. Anyway, the butt was tucked away behind the bar in a corner w a couple random shafts that didn’t fit, they had different joints. Luckily, Viking was in Madison just about 20-30 minutes from my house and I convinced my parents to take me there to find out about a shaft. I wanted a 10mm shaft made and learned the joint was called a super-joint. The sales person at Viking, who I have no memory of convinced me to get a 11mm because anything less would not be covered under warranty. I think it was around $70 and I had to come back a couple weeks later to pick it up. The thing I remember most about the Viking shop was the massive pool table (Gordie's daughter just confirmed it was actually 12*6, seemed bigger back than) in the showroom and large pool balls on posts for advertisement out front. I played with that cue for probably about five years before buying a Pechauer off a guy when I was helping out at an underage pool hall and put the Viking in a soft case behind the counter in a corner, it’s new resting place. Years later probably about twenty I always wondered what happened to that cue, well I got it back. Yes over 20 years later….. To be cont.
If you still have your first cue from 30 plus years ago, is there a story behind it And how often do you get it out for old times sake?
If you still have your first cue from 30 plus years ago, is there a story behind it And how often do you get it out for old times sake?
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