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Attaboy! You can never have too many strops! I've got my eye on a Kanayama too... Although probably a 60000 just so I'm not too scared to even use it!

Here's my take (And this is coming from someone with a tight money situation, so it's a little different from you)

Go with the Modular Paddle.

I know that, on a purely "Leather vs. Leather"...