[HPforGrownups] Wand cores

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> 
> Richelle:
> >So my general assumption is that there must be other wand cores besides 
> those >four.  

Eloise:

> Sorry, I've been reading the thread backwards!
> Not in Ollivander wands. Ollivander quite specifically says (PS/SS) that the 
> cores he uses are phoenix feathers, unicorn hair and dragon heartstring. He 
> evidently finds sufficient supplies of those items. In GoF (Weighing of the 
> Wands) he tells us he's never used Veela hair, as it makes for a 
> temperamental wand. But who knows what other wandmakers use!

In fact, the words used by Hagrid when taking Harry to Olivander's makes me 
believe there may even be other wand shops in Diagon Ally.  Or perhaps over in 
Knockturn ally?  The more dangerous cores perhaps?  Anyway, I had to run to the 
library while my kids were in there today to check, as I don't (yet) have a set 
of books in my classroom.  Hagrid says something like "That'll be Ollivander's, 
there's no other place for wands.  And you'll want the best wand."  His 
words "there's no other place" sound to me like there are other places, but 
Ollivander's is the best.  Especially since he says Harry'll want the best 
wand.  Perhaps there are less expensive wands with other cores?  The Fwooper 
feather, for example? :)  Or the (seemingly) more common Irish Phoenix, the 
Augurey.  It's kind of like saying, there's no other place for French Fries 
than McDonald's.  There are plenty of other places, the speaker would simply 
imply that he preferred those from McDonald's.  Make sense?
 
> Incidentally, this does bring up the more general question of just where all 
> those magical ingredients do come from. I suppose you'd get rather a lot of 
> heartstring, liver and blood from one dragon. They must have methods of 
> preserving it, though.

This would fit with my theory of other wand makers in London.  If the Phoenix 
feathers, Unicorn tail hair, and Dragon heartstring are more rare, they would 
be more expensive, but perhaps also considered "best."  But if they sell wands 
in Knockturn ally, who knows what sort of core they'd have!  Chimera hair? (if 
anyone ever got close enough!)

Richelle
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Richelle:
> Dave writes:
> 
> > One thing about Ron -- When exactly do we learn about Ron's wand?
> > Is it before or after it snapped in _CoS_?  And if before, did he get
> > another with the same core?
> 
> I'm 95% sure both wands had the same core.  I know for sure the new has a
> unicorn hair, it's in PoA, chapter 4: "Look at this, brand new wand.
> Fourteen inches, willow, containing one unicorn tail hair."
> 

And his old one contained unicorn hair, too. When he pulls it out on the 
Hogwarts Express on their first journey, we hear that, 'it was chipped in 
places and something white was glinting at the end.'  Then Ron says, 'Unicorn 
hair's nearly poking out.'

Richelle:
>So my general assumption is that there must be other wand cores besides 
those >four.  

Sorry, I've been reading the thread backwards!
Not in Ollivander wands. Ollivander quite specifically says (PS/SS) that the 
cores he uses are phoenix feathers, unicorn hair and dragon heartstring. He 
evidently finds sufficient supplies of those items. In GoF (Weighing of the 
Wands) he tells us he's never used Veela hair, as it makes for a 
temperamental wand. But who knows what other wandmakers use!

Incidentally, this does bring up the more general question of just where all 
those magical ingredients do come from. I suppose you'd get rather a lot of 
heartstring, liver and blood from one dragon. They must have methods of 
preserving it, though.

Eloise


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