Maybe there is nothing to share.

It CAN happen that a pole manufacturer knows some secrets about aluminum that the aluminum industry doesn't. It can also be like one of those fantastic emails that circles around and never dies because people WANT to believe the story (David vs Goliath). [/quote]

Fair enough and I hate those emails and didn't mean to be so vague! I was told when I was a rep for Leki, maybe I was lied to but I don't think so. Been a while since I repped them though.