What's your wand made of?

For all of the nerds like me who think about this sort of thing . . . describe your wand!

Wand cores can be phoenix feather, unicorn tail hair, or dragon heartstring -- or, in rare cases, the hair of a Veela. The wood can be just about anything, apparently. They run from about 8" to about 16" (roughly). Ollivander usually gives them an adjective to describe how stiff or supple they are.

My wand is oak and dragon heartstring, 11 3/4", fairly sturdy. Tell me about yours!

Oh! Good idea for a thread, foggi! :)

Hmm. So many choices.

Maybe mine is sycamore (is that allowed?) and phoenix feather, 11".

mine is made of walnut, dragon heartsting (tho sometimes I suspect chicken feathers), 13'', bendy!

Hehe! Love it, suge. :)

Ummm. My wand is red oak and phoenix feather, 9", short but powerful.

Mine is cherrywood, unicorn hair(from a particular good specimen) 12 inches,slender and whippy for charm work and transfiguration, also cooking.

*shakes head*

Cherry wood and phoenix feather (if wishing made it so fawks feather but whatever) sturdy yet a little bending for defenseive magic

Mine is willow, bendy about 10 3/4" with a unicorn hair.

Holly, unicorn tail hair, 10 inches, slender, firm but flexible, excellent for charms and defense against the dark arts.

(Holly was reputed to ward off evil by ancient Britons)

offtopic#9 that must be why holly is used at christmastime to decorate

Polly- that and it is evergreen so it is still green and available during winter in northern climes -that and pine boughs.

You can tell I would be in herbology huh?

yes mrs longbottom, thats you!

Oh Thanks! Poor Neville.

Actually JKR does a great job of using the history and mythology of plants in her books.

Yew trees have long been considered evil so Voldemort's wand is Yew- Harry's is Holly

Okay I'll stop the lesson now.

Mine would have to be Vine, with a unicorn mane hair and about 11 inchs long.

mine cherry with dragon heartstring 11 3/4 inchs. very sturdy

dang. years ago i came up with a family lineage for myself, a whole character and such, but i never came up with a wand for myself!?

-_- sooo my wand would be oak(particularly this really old one in the back of the neighbor hood park) 14" with unicorn hair.

I reckon Rosewood, unicorn hair, about 10", fairly bendy :)

Although I'd love to see if I could rope Ollivander into making a wand using a Thestral tail-hair instead :)

Mine is 14" Willow with unicorn hair charm, slightly flexible & intuitive, good for dream magic and charms.

12", yew with a dragon heartstring core. Reasonably flexible - good for elemental magic.

14",Hazel with a unicorn hair core. I considered dragon heartstring, but wondered if it was humanely collected.

Since we have new members I thought we should revive this thread. :)

ummm oak 12" pheonix feather

Whatever mine was made of, it's DEFINITELY broken at the moment.... :-( and ;-)

LOL, LadyN. We'll just have to fix it for you. I'm sure Ollivander is up to it! :)

Ha ha ha!! Yes - TO DIAGON ALLEY!!! *marches off with great purpose*

Let's see, ash 14", unicorn hair. Flexible but firm.
Eta because I forgot how to describe it. :)

LadyN, other direction! ;)
*Takes LadyN's arm and skips off, singing*

We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of diagon alley!

How cute. I'll grab some extra straw for the scarecrow. ;)

hmmmm, mine would be 9", bendy but strong, the core would be unicorn hair, but I don't know what kind of wood.

Oops! Thanks cat!

We're off to see the wizard.... *fades into distance...*

Hmmmm wands wands wands

I think mine would be 15 inches yew (because i am a ninja!) and phoenix feather! Perfect for transfiguration and deep secret spell work.

More thread resurrection! Mine would be birch, unicorn tail, 8.5 inches, whippy.

Revived again. I've not heard of one made of apple wood, but I think that would be great with a phoenix feather.

#32 -- Ooh, cool idea! I like the idea of an applewood wand.

Re-thinking . . . I chose oak way back in post #1, because Espy made me a simple wand to use as a costume prop, and I'm pretty sure that's what he used. However, I think that if I were choosing the wood, I'd actually choose dogwood, which has always been my favorite flowering tree.

Keep it running.

Since I grew up in the Caribbean I think mine would have to be made in mahogany with a parrot feather. It would be very sturdy with a sense of humor.

Mine would be Willow, 9 3/4 inches with leprechaun hair. Thin and pleasantly springy.

My wand would be oak with a phoenix feather and a dragon heartstring intertwined. It also will be 15 inches long. {15 is my favorite number} {So is three but according to foggidawn that not allowed}

my wand IS (lol) made of dragon heartstring and cedar wood

Definately 9 3/4 ", for the symbology with the platform ;)

Mahogany, because it's a pretty colour..

Oh dear, I can't think of anything for inside the wand... maybe just a plain wooden stick just to be different :)

"Swooshy!"

my wand is 13 and 1/3''

The wood is from a Willow tree and the core is dragon heartstrings.

Nice and flexible; good for Charms and Transfiruation.

Holly. 10 and 1/2 inches. Phoenix Tail Feather. Good for enchantments.

my wand is 11 1/2"; Mahogany; Demiguise Hair
"Excellent for trandfirguration, powerful"

my wand is 16 1/2

the wood is from solid Maple and black Walnut and the core is Essence of Thestral Tail Hair

nice for attack spells, Transfiguration, Charms and defense against the dark arts

(powerful)

15 inches
vinewood
dragon heartstring
good for transfiguration and charms

9 inches, Hazel, unicorn hair, firm but springy.

An a k47

Blackthorn, 10 inches, nothing special. Got it from a ginger.

My wand would have to be witch hazel (see what I did there?) 9 1/2 inches. Unicorn hair core, though I agree with #17 Ellenmarine, thestral hair would be interesting. Strong but supple, good for practical magic /***

Do thestrals have hair? Maybe you can see it after an emotional trauma. :)

#46 what a co-incidence so is mine. I got it from a bear.

mine would be holly and unicorn hair 10 in
Good for Defense against the dark arts and why be a witch if you can' fight!?

Wow all sound like good wands. I don't know where to begin on my wand...I'm trying to go to Ollivander's at Diagon Alley. (Universal Studios Orlando) to get one though.

#51, I wanted to got to Ollivander's when we were there at Christmas time, but the line was extremely long!!! =( I guess I'll have to wait until our next trip in a few years.

#52 - Yeah I was there a month after it opened (husband had a extra credit class assignment to do) and the line was never-ending. So hopefully I can get funds built up so we can go again next year, near my graduation. I was however able to get my hands on a Heroine Granger replica wand while I was there.

#51: Kirby and I went through the line when we went back I don't really think it was worth it. You end up in the same shops as if you stand in the shorter line and unless you happen to be the lucky person picked to play Harry (which was a kid when I was there and I'm willing to bet thats pretty standard) the extra time just wasn't worth it.

I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I heard the wands that they do for Ollivander's wand shop is based on your birthday. Don't quote me on it, but I thought that was what I heard from one of the people. I could be wrong.

#55 @Alishamb08 : Before I went to the Wizarding World I did some research and all they say in the forums online is that the line is for the show, and there is a wand for each month but they sell those in the shop too (I will try to find the link with the information tonight) and they sell the replicas as well. Like @biblioholic29 said, this is something you do just one time, but it's not worth it to do the line several times or each time you go to the park and in my case a kid was chosen for the show too.

Yeah I understand them picking children though I wished they picked other people as well. I will probably just go through the line once and then just ask which wand is for my birth month and buy it. I will gladly read the link once you find it. I have watched some of the YouTube videos on that, it looks interesting.

My youngest son bought his wand ( a Voldemort replica) at Dervish & Banges. They had other wands there as well, but I didn't notice anything that had to do with birthdays. It was so crowded you could hardly move in the store though so I'm sure I overlooked many things. =(

#58 -Unfortunately those stores are really small and are connected. Dervishes and Banges is connected to Ollivander's, while where the people come out of Ollivander's. Just like 3 broomsticks and Hog's head is connected, and Honeydukes and Zonko's. When did you go to Wizarding World? I went last year in July (hubby's extra credit class assignment), so it was really crowded then.

#59: @Alishamb08: Here is the link for the forum, the information about the wands is on post #39

According to the chart mine would be Elder. Muahahahahaha!

Mine would be oak, until Andrew got his elder WANs then I would have two. A hufflepuff pfft

Should we be concerned that most people in our little group are placed in Hufflepuff? :o)

#60 - Thanks for posting that for me. I actually went there and then clicked another link to see J. K. Rowling's explanation about the wands and some of the characters. I bookmarked the page.

So my wand would be a Hawthorn wand according to that chart. Good to know for when I go back again.

#63 I don't think we have any slitherins yet do we?

maybe one.

or two

Sorry Ron, I could never believe you were a Slytherin. Gryffindor maybe. :oP
MrA, on the other hand...

ETA: LOL! Just looked in the other thread and saw you ARE Gryffindor, Ron! What's up, did you take polyjuice potion to sneak into Slytherin as MrA?

I knew that i shouldn't have eaten that floating cupcake.

Never eat floating cupcakes, my mum always used to say.

But it looked sooooooo tasty!

Curse you Ron!

Mwahahahahaha

#59 Alishamb08, I went with a group of other HEr's the week between Xmas & New Years.

#72 - Was is crowded then too? I bet it was....I'm hoping to go next year wither in the Summer or after my December graduation (Bachelor's Degree).

#73 -- I was part of the group that went, and yes, it was crowded! :-) I'd love to go again some time when it is not so hectic. I didn't even go in to any of the stores because I didn't want to deal with that many people in such confined spaces.

74: I can understand that! I hated being in those stores especially the Owl Post, which I believe was connected to Ollivander's exit, and Dervish and Bangs. That was horribly crowded. I hear that it is best to go in months that parents can't take their kids due to school, or in the winter months but I have to test that theory.

the only store I actually got into was Filchs Emporium and Honeydukes.

#76: I think they were the only two stores that I could actually take my time looking in them. The others were elbow to elbow crowded. Either way I have to go back so I can go on the rides. I wanted to go on The Forbidden Journey ride was able to go on it.

A couple of Universal Studios employees that the hubby & my oldest son were standing in line next to for the Hulk ride told them that it is best to go in January or in early Spring. We are thinking of planning our next trip for early spring, but a few years down the road.

That's good to know...I will have to remember that when planning our next trip. Maybe I should plan a January trip after my graduation.

My wand is made out of redwood and phoenix feather, eleven inches, and is solid but has a little bit of bite in it. Good at offensive spells and protecting against hexes.

My wand is 11" hazelnut with manticore hair and fairly sturdy.

#81 - Weeeee! I like the sparklies!

#82 - My thoughts exactly!