Charlie's hand-me-down (?) wand

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 20517

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Florence" <fgcjnk at b...> wrote:

> I suspect Charlie did have a hand-me-down wand at first (perhaps it 
> belonged to a desceased great uncle or something).  Why else would 
he 
> have replaced it other than to get one that was a better match for 
> him?  OK, so it was looking a bit worn (unicorn tail poking out), 
but 
> to my mind that also suggests that it probably wasn't new to him.  
> Also, Charlie (by my reckoning) would have been starting school 
around 
> the same year the twins were born, which would have meant plenty of 
> extra expenses.

All very possible.  Knowing that Charlie was "great with animals" and 
a particular favorite of Hagrid, and as we know gravitated toward 
dragons, I have another suggestion:  his wand has had a few run-ins 
with some of the fiercer beasts.  Like the professor's limbs, it 
probably got chewed more than once in Care of Magical Creatures.  He 
probably bought himself a new one the moment he landed the 
dragon-taming job.

Amy Z

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