Harry & Lord Voldemort's Wands

[morgan_le_fey787]

No: HPFGUIDX 56110

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>My son says that since Harry 
> and LV's wands share the core from the same phoenix that their 
wands 
> are the same.  Now I come back with "No two Ollivander wands are 
the 
> same, just as no two unicorns, dragons, or phoenixes are quite the 
> same." PS/SS pg 84 US edition. But Billy says that the phoenix is 
> the same and I said yes but the wood is different.  LV's wand is 
> made of yew and is 13.5" long.  Harry's wand is made of holly and 
is 
> 11" long.  Billy said that didn't matter it is the magical core 
that 
> matters.  
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I think that I can safely say that BIlly is wrong on this one.  The 
wood of a wand is not merely a container for the magical substance 
inside.  It does contribute to the unique magical signature of a 
wand.  If it were merely the core that facilitated magic, then when 
Ron snapped a bit off of his wand in CoS, it would have worked 
properly for at least a little while before the core itself was 
damaged and it started to malfunction.

Also, throughout history different types of wood have been imbued 
with different properties, some of them magical in nature.  JKR has 
taken a lot of cues from cultures throughout history for some of the 
ideas in her book, and I don't see why the wood her wands are made of 
woudn't be magical as well as the core.

In the end, Harry's and Voldemort's wands are NOT exactly the same.  
Because of the wood differences and even the small differences in the 
feathers from Fawkes that must be there, the two wands cannot be 
identical.  There you go, and good luck with your son.

Morgan  *who has officially delurked*