Back to the factors. Only one of these factors we cannot influence. There is lot of talk about it and players have different ways of determining the cane quality. In the end it remains a gamble and you can only improve your luck a little bit by selecting cane after various indicators. All the other factors can be influenced by careful workmanship and measuring.
Good tools are essential too.
Often their reed all look different as well and they scrape and scrape until it works somehow. This is not what I call the right way of doing. First you must over a longer period determine the exact plan of how your reed must be made. This could be found quick but could also take a few months. I made a list which shows all the abovementioned factors.