Old Question (probably already answered) about Black and wands

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 112985

> Finwitch:
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> My theories for Sirius' wand in OOP go as follows:
> 
> 1. Sirius MADE one himself (as one of the brightest students, why not?
> Sure, Ollivander is more experienced, but he's not the ONLY ONE able
> to make wands. Just look at Krum, or better yet, Fleur Delacour! Who
> do you think made *her* wand?) during his stay with Buckbeak in a
> place with exotic birds.

Carol:
I doubt that Fleur made her own wand. Presumably Beauxbatons has its
own equivalent of Diagon Alley with a (French) wandmaker not averse to
using Veela hair, just as the Durmstrang students get their wands from
Gregorivitch (didn't check the spelling, sorry, but it's in "The
Weighing of the Wands" in GoF).

As for making the wand himself, I doubt that he has the skill, and
even if he did, where would he find suitable wood from a wand tree,
much less the requisite Phoenix feather, unicorn tailhair, or dragon
heartstring? Yes, his parents were Dark Wizards, but would even they
have such items lying around the house?

I think it's much more likely that he found a wand at Grimmauld Place,
either a family member's or the wand he used as a child (see my
earlier post for an slight elaboration of this idea). He must have had
a wand in his hand when he was caught--"evidence" that he had
committed the crime. (Peter's, if it wasn't destroyed in the
explosion, would presumably have been on the other side of the street.)

Carol