The McDermott Advantage

Our Quality

Craftsmanship is a fine art. Found among the gifted artisans in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin are the finest wood-makers in America. Through decades of cue building experience, McDermott utilizes a process that includes over 150 separate operations in the construction of each cue. All shafts are made from the finest Kiln-dried, Hand Selected, North American Hard Rock maple and turned 11 times. All forearm and butts are handcrafted from the most unusual, and finest, woods from around the world. The wood is aged for up to two years and is machined three separate times to ensure straightness.

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Wood: McDermott Hand Selects only the finest woods from around the globe (North America, South America, Central America, West Africa). The wood is aged for 18 to 24 months by alternately storing and machining each piece three times allowing the maximum amount of moisture to escape, thus ensuring absolute straightness.

Shaft: Our North American Hard Rock maple shafts are Hand Selected for straightness of grain, optimum moisture content, and white color. Each shaft is machined, bored, and CNC-thread cut to achieve perfect consistency and concentricity and then turned 11 times to ensure straightness and a “true roll.”

Joint: McDermott's signature wood-to-wood joint provides consistent surface contact throughout the cue, thus delivering maximum feel, and the most solid hit in the industry.

Construction: McDermott’s “Tri-Core” butt construction promotes straightness over the life of the cue. Inlays and rings are precision milled to within .001” and Hand Glued to ensure the perfect fit.

Tip: McDermott cues feature Medium Hard Triangle tips made from special Water Buffalo, Chrome Tanned leather. These specially treated tips provide the ultimate in cue ball control and require less reshaping than most standard tips.

Collar: McDermott utilizes our exclusive Impact Control Ring, which is made from a Polymer Matrix Composite that was originally developed by NASA.


Ferrule: Our Fine Weave Linen-based Ivorine 3 ferrules are both Hand-glued and Hand-screwed onto a wood tenon, resulting in direct contact between the shaft and tip, which maximizes feedback at the point of contact.

Pin: Heavy gauge stainless steel joint pin with rolled threads for strength prolongs thread life and is rust-resistant.

Wrap: Our Genuine Imported Irish linen wrap is tightly wound, double-pressed, and polished for a perfect fit and smooth feel, thus protecting the cue from the elements and absorbing hand moisture for a “Sure Grip.”

Finish: McDermott cues are Hand-stained with our exclusive imported European “Organic-Pigment” stain, which is made from the finest pigments in the world. McDermott stain is clearly superior to the synthetic stains generally used in the industry, and is notable for its uniform saturation of the wood and exacting consistency of color. The cues are completed with five coats of Ultra High-luster urethane, which make each McDermott cue extremely scratch-resistant. Uniform Hand-application results in the clearest finish in the industry.

Bumper: Our patented McDermott Soft Durometer Polymer Composite bumper gives maximum protection to your cue and is double-bonded by an interchangeable weight bolt system, allowing the fine tuning of the balance point and weight.



Our Performance


Since 1975, McDermott Handcrafted Cues has consistently raised the performance standards for what billiard players expect from a high performance cue. McDermott handcrafts cues and shafts for people who view playing pool as an end in itself, drawing on cutting-edge technology and tasteful yet aggressive design. McDermott equipment is rooted in performance, using the latest technology in a state-of-the-art facility and utilizing the finest materials available. As always, McDermott cues are made in the U.S.A.


We won’t deny it. Billiards is not an easy game. It can make your heart pound, your palms sweat and your muscles tighten. It tests your concentration, challenges your talents and tries your patience. It makes you want to come back for more. To lead you into your encounter on the table, we devote all day, every day to designing your most valuable weapon…your cue.




McDermott Lifetime Warranty


When it comes to a quality product and superior customer service, McDermott sets the standard with the McDermott New Cue Lifetime Warranty, the premier warranty in the industry. The McDermott Lifetime Warranty provides unparalleled coverage, and demonstrates not only our confidence in McDermott cues, but also our ongoing commitment to every McDermott customer.


You can be certain, as we are, that you will enjoy owning a McDermott as much as we enjoy hand crafting them.


Lifetime Warranty against warpage and defects
The original warranty in the business to cover warpage

McDermott Handcrafted Cues warrants its pool cues purchased from an authorized McDermott Cue retailer or distributor to be free of defects in material and workmanship, including warpage, for the lifetime of the product. McDermott will, without charge to the consumer, repair or replace your cue, provided that the claim is accompanied by a copy of the original sales receipt from an authorized McDermott dealer. McDermott does not warrant its product against damage caused by third parties. This warranty does not cover replaceable items such as tip, finish, and wrap. McDermott will fix such items, however, for a fee. In addition, McDermott, at its sole discretion, may void this warranty if there is evidence of abuse or mishandling. To obtain warranty service on a McDermott product, return the product to an authorized McDermott dealer or directly to McDermott. To determine the nearest McDermott authorized retailer or dealer, check out our online dealer listing or contact McDermott directly. Call toll free 1-800-666-2283.


DISCLAIMER: This warranty is in lieu of all other express warranties. McDermott disclaims all warranties for products that are purchased from sellers other than authorized retailers or distributors.