A Wizard's Wand of Your Own

[oz_widgeon]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "boyblue_mn" <boyblue_mn at y...> wrote:
> I got this idea to make a Wizard's Wand and started looking around 
the 
> building supply stores to see what I could come up with. It's 
actually 
> pretty easy and cheap.
> 
> Here is a link to a website that has photos and instruction on how 
to 
> do it.
> 
> http://blueMoonMarket.homestead.com/files/wiz/wizwand.htm
> 


How intriguing!  There is a site where you can purchase wands (real 
wood ones, not the cheesy plastic kind), but I can't find the link 
right now, and as I'm at work <grumble, grumble, lousy work taking up 
too much of my valuable HP time> I can't to search for it right now.  
What I find the most interesting about the site you listed is that the 
'core' is in the handle, not the wand itself.  Does anyone else have 
an opinion (either way) on this?  In the movie, I was quite surprised 
by the 'chunkiness' of several of the wands (I had pictured them 
slimmer-like the thickness of a pen or drinking straw), though I think 
it would be easier (especially for a child) to keep up with something 
that is a bit more substantial.  I do like that they have handles.  I 
don't know why I like this, it's just aesthetically pleasing to me (I 
especially like that Hermione's wand has a burnished gold colored 
handle).  What did everyone else think of the way they looked in the 
movie?  Were they way you pictured them?  Not at all?  Do you think 
the core is in the length of the wand or the handle?  If it's in the 
length (not the handle), do they have to 'magic' it in? Do you think 
the handle and shaft (for lack of a better word and I'm tired of 
calling it the 'length') are made from the same piece of wood and 
perhaps just 'dipped' if the handle is colored?  Do you think they are 
carved seperately out of the same type of wood and just put together?  
Do you think I can think of more questions? :)

Slon