Charlie's Wand.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 54810

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Megalynn S." <megalynn44 at h...>
wrote:
> Betty:
> As for compatibility of several wands, we have to remember that the 
> first wand Ron had was Charlie's, so it may not have worked as well 
> for him as the one he bought from Olivander's, though it was 
> adequate.
> 
> 
> Me:
> What I want to know is why did CHarlie give up his wand in the first
> place? It was in fine working condition when Ron first got it in the 
> first year. If the wand was "suited" to Charlie, why would he give up 
> a working wand?  ...edited...
> 
> ~Megalynn

bboy_mn:
Charlie's old wand was hardly in 'fine working condition', it was a
"very battered-looking wand" that was "chipped in places and something
white was glinting at the end" which was 'unicorn hair nearly poking
out'. So the wand was certainly functional, but hardly in fine working
condition.

Being a dragon handler in the mountainous regions of Romania
(sometimes called the Transylvanian Alps) has to be a very rugged
life, and a wand could easily become weathered and worn from a rough
life like that. My guess is that Charlie's wand became too ragged, so
he bought another one.

I think people make too much of the 'wand chooses the wizard' thing.
Any wizard can used any wand, just as any violin player can play any
violin even a really cheap crappy one, but he (the violin player or
the wizard) will not get as good of results as when he uses his own
(violin or wand as the case may be). 


The wand does not choose the wizard by intellectual or moral choice,
they are simply compatable. As I like to say it, the wand and the
wizard have a mutual magical harmonic resonance that makes them
compatable. Certainly wizards become very attached to their wands and
especially attached to their first wand, but it seems reasonable that
they could walk into any wand makers shop in the world and find a wand
that was a reasonably good match. Although, I will admit that in
Harry's case, he has an exceptionally good match in his Holly/Phoenix
wand. 

Someone asked if there were a limited number of wand combinations
since Ollivander only used 3 types of cores and there are a limit
number of woods that are available and suitable. Personally, I think
there are an infinite number of combinations since not only does each
type of wood have unique characteristics but each piece of wood of a
given type is unique in it's own way. 

So a dragon heart/willow wand with a heart string from one dragon and
a piece of willow from a specific tree will create a wand noticably
different than one from another heart string of the same dragon and a
piece of wood from a different part of the same tree. Remember when
Harry was trying wands, he tried other Phoenix feather wands that
didn't match.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn