Neville's wand

[Jazmyn Concolor]

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jomarelvy wrote:
> Have you realized that all this time (the 5 books) Neville has 
> been using his father's old wand? In Philosopher's Stone, when 
> Harry is buying his wand, he's told by the wand expert and shop 
> owner that if a wizard uses another wizard's wand, the results 
> are not as satisfactory/effective as if using his own wand. 
> After all it is the wand that chooses the wizard, right?


Ron was using his brother's old wand when he started too.  Not 
every kid can afford a shiny new wand for school, after all.  
People likely read far too much into that 'wand chooses the 
wizard' thing.  Neville was using Hermione's wand after his broke, Sirius was using other peoples wands just fine and when Harry got 
his wand, he was so new to the magic thing, he had never had a bit 
of training yet, so maybe IF you can afford a new wand, then waving 
a number around till one feels right is best.  I have no reason to believe the wands are sentient at all and 'chose' anything and believe that it's 'just an expression' that the wand chooses the wizard, not to be taken literally.  Much like with musical instruments, the violin chooses the musician really means you try several till one 'feels' right, it doesn't mean the violin points 
at someone and says 'him'..

Note that there are second hand wands sold too, meaning that wands can be resold and I suspect that some wizards might have more than one wand for specializing in certain types of magic, such as people who enchant things for a living.  The wand is not a sentient thing, it's a tool, just like a hammer or a wrench.  As a contractor, I 
can tell you that we do have our 'favorite' tools, which are ones that work best for certain types of jobs or feel right in the hand when working.  I see the wands only as tools, not anything else.

- Jazmyn