OOP: Still some other questions SPOILERS

[Tamara]

No: HPFGUIDX 61896

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> Tamara:
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> > Adding another question:
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> > Why does Neville have his Dad's wand?  Aren't wizards at their 
best 
> > with their own wand????  And that also brings up the question, 
how 
> > could Ron have been using Bill (or was it Charlie's) old wand?  
Would 
> > a wizard need to get a new one?? Wouldn't the ONE attach it to 
it's 
> > wizard for life??
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> I have wondered about how many and how often a wizard would change 
> wands.  When Harry first buys his wand, Ollivander say he can 
remember 
> when his parents "bought their FIRST wands".  That along with Ron 
using 
> Charlie's old wand leads us to believe that people go through  more 
than one 
> wand --either they go into work requiring a specialized one or the 
wands no 
> longer suit them or the wands lose their effectiveness-- (the 
Weasleys are 
> poor so they would have to scrape by and pass on a dying wand to a 
younger 
> kid.  Charlie may have needed a new wand if he was working with 
dragons.)
> 
> But--what about Voldemort?  How long has he had his wand?  (without 
going 
> intot he whole issue of who had his wand for the 12 years he 
drifted as vapor 
> and stuff)  
> 
> How long do wands last?  Does that vary?  
> 
> Arya Precantri

It also brings up the question of does what kind of wand signal what 
kind of wizard?  Oop mentions that Umbridges wand is "unusually 
short".  And at the MoM they keep a log of what kind of wands go in.  
Is this only to track people?  Like guns, wands are registered?  Can 
people illegally get wands??

Tamara