I have been in search of information on my own Viking F50 cue. I bought it from Seyberts in 2006. It came with two shafts with matching rings. One of the shafts has never even been chalked. The shafts and butt are still perfectly straight together and apart. About the same time, I bought a Scorpion cue with a leather wrap because it was supposed to be "low deflection." Most pathetic excuse for a broomstick I have ever seen. They should be ashamed to sell such. It hit like a rock and I eventually just gave it away. My Viking has been like an old friend for many years and while I have no plans to part with it, I see that now there are a LOT of new LD Technologies and even Viking now has Vpro, ViKore and Exact Shot. My cue is so old that it doesn't even have a logo on it. Does anyone here have info on the construction of Viking Shafts in 2006 and earlier? I would just like to know a little more about it. If anyone has any advertising material from that era, I would really like to see a picture of that as well. Thanks so much.