Did Sirius have a knife?

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 59500

Ladi lyndi wrote:
> 
> --- Grey Wolf wrote:
> > One thing is true: I am more and
> > more convinced that 
> > Sirius simply broke and entered a muggle house
> > and took their cleaver. 
> 
> Lynn:
> 
> I agree Sirius stole the knife from somewhere but
> it need not have been a muggle house.  After all,
> we know the Weasleys have knives when they fly
> out of the drawer to start cutting.  They can't
> always be cutting something otherwise they
> couldn't just be put into a drawer.  So, are they
> normal knives which cut at Molly's command or
> magic knives that may still need some type of
> command to begin their work.
> 
> Inquiring minds and all of that.
> 
> Lynn

There are 60 million muggles living in England. There are 20000 
wizards. The chances of Sirius breaking and entering a house that 
happens to belong to a wizard family is 1 in 300, or 3‰ (that's 3 per 
thousand). Sirius is on the run; he doesn't have time to be choosy. To 
be that "lucky" he would've had to target someone he already knew, in 
which case he'd probably have got something metter than a knife, IMO 
(not a wand, though, since wizards tend to have only one per person and 
always carry them with them).

Yes, there are magic knives, but Sirius can hardly have time to find 
one. Besides, a magic knive may just have a consciense built-in and not 
allow users to cut living people (oh, what I would give for a knive 
that wouldn't get out of hand and cut my fingers while I'm using it!).

Beth wrote:
>  "Grey Wolf" wrote:
> > > The only difficulty with buying the knive by post is that Sirius 
> > > doesn't have a place where he can pick it up. 
> 
> Did he have to pick it up? It seemed as if he had the broom drop 
> shipped to Harry. And he bought that with gold from his vault. 
> Perhaps the goblins aren't too concerned with a person's status as 
> long as their getting their fees.
> 
> Beth

No, the goblins don't care about the person as long as they keep their 
money. Besides, we know that the Goblins have staged more revolutions 
than (by what it sounds) all other creatures put together. But the 
goblins don't make knives. A broom maker receiving an order to send to 
Harry Potter, Hogwarts castle isn't going to make any fuss, 
particularly if he's been paid the thousands of Galleons the firebolt 
probably costs. A knive-maker receiving an order for a knive to be sent 
to Sirius Black is not going to be as pleased. And as I said, Sirius 
cannot simply have it sent to his old house, since it'll probably be 
under close watch by the MoM.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf