Puzzles: Wormtail's finger and Shrieking Shack tunnel

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 79519

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003"
> <carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
>  
> > CW comments (tied up in knots having followed instructions):
> > 
> > I think there is a difference between marking your finger with a
pen 
> > and slicing it off with a knife. ...edited...
> > 
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
> Why would he using anything as mundane and muggle as a knife when he
> has a wand in his hand? Certainly, he used some highly effective
> Severing Charm to quickly and cleanly cut off his finger. Why us a
> knife when you have a wand?
> 
I'd personally assumed he used a knife simply becuse of the canon we
already have of him cutting the entire arm off with a knife in the
graveyard. Also, it's possible that using a cutting charm may be
easier to detect later then cutting it off physically, and he
certainly wouldn't want to leave evidence behind that didn't fit the
scenario he was constructing. For similar reasons, a severing charm on
his arm may have conflicted with the spell it was being used for. The
knife may have been enchanted to cut easily, quickly, and cleanly,
though...

--Arcum