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Yes I think weight is one of the main determining factors. But colour and uniform colour throughout are another one.

Oh here's one similarly priced to the Maruka suita:

Okudo Suita (retail price $2800)

http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~katuhide/20513%20021.jpg

And a side view: Super thick!!!
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Don't think that all Okudo suita cost that much though. That one (above pic) is very hard, fine, and large. But Okudo is the premier name in suita (you wouldn't know it next to the Nakayama one...

Sham, here is some motivation to fuel your suita desires:

Okudo Suita (retail price $1000)

http://katuhide.easter.ne.jp/toisi/okud.jpg


Nakayama Maruka Suita (retail price $2500)
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Let me start by saying, Beautiful Hone!!

I use an Ohira suita as a final finisher and it is the best I have used out of all of the j-nat that I have previously owned.

As to its suitability to...