Wands and Who Uses Them

[sladjanast]

No: HPFGUIDX 46117

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Fharraige" <fharraige at y...> wrote:
> *...And of course, you will never get such good results with 
another 
> wizard's wand." Mr. Ollivander, PS/SS, Chapter 5*
> 
> If Ollivander's statement was true, then how could Sirius Black use 
> Ron's wand so well in PoA? And how could Barty Crouch Jr. conjure 
the 
> Dark Mark so easily in GoF?  Wouldn't the wands fail, or at least 
> give a weaker result?
> 
> Val

But, isn't it obvious that Mr Olivander is talking about his wands, 
i.e. the wands that he makes meaning to say that you will never get 
such good results with another *maker's* wand not just some other 
wizard's wand that you happen to borrow or use. In other words, he is 
praising his own work in you-wll-never-get-this-great-wands-anywhere-
else manner or at least that's how I understand the passage. However, 
I was wandering too, every time someone in the book used somebody 
else's wand. I think I took Olivander's 'the wand chooses the wizard' 
performance too literaly. After all, Harry did seem to perform magic 
even with the wrong wands, only it was not as precise and as smooth 
as with *his* wand, the one ment for him. 

Sladjana