Survival of AK / Occam's Razor, etc.

Sat Oct 2 19:58:40 UTC 2004

No: HPFGUIDX 114472

Carolyn:
Wondering how and when you grow out of wands (if their length is
related to your height, as is widely speculated). Surely all 11-year
old children must need new wands by the time they are grown up? So
what is Voldie doing with his old schoolboy wand anyway?

Bookworm:
Well, Harry's wand is the same length as his father's (11 inches) so 
either they don't need to change, or James was still using his 
school wand.  Can you imagine wizards running around waving wands 15 
or 20 inches long?