Weasleys' Wands?

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 151469

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at ...> 
wrote:
> I'm just wondering if Fred and George might try a new line of 
work --  
> making wands.  Apparently, Hagrid and Professor Sprout teach the 
> students about wand trees and bowtruckles.  And Fred and George 
> obviously know how to make wands since they make the fake ones.  
(Snip)> 
> I feel like things are going to be really heavy in the final book, 
and I also wonder if the joke shop might not be a little out of 
place or at least, not in popular demand, given the circumstances 
that seem certain to come.  Hence, the new line of work for the 
twins, who are obviously gifted wizards.  


Tonks:
I get the sense that wand-making is an art that takes some time to 
learn and may be handled down father to son or at least Master to 
apprentice.  So I don't see the twins, talented that they are, going 
into the magic wand business, if for no other reason than that it is 
too mundane for them.

The twins will probably use their talents to make things that can be 
used in the war effort.  This is what happened in WWII when civilian 
factories got Government contracts to make things for the war. These 
factories might not have made the same sort of things that they made 
before or after the war, but it was a related item or something that 
the factory was able to be switched over to quickly and the 
expertise of the workmen still used.   

So the question becomes; what sort of things can the twins make that 
would help to bring down LV, or protect Muggles, wizards, etc?  They 
already sell some things that protect wizards.  Wasn't it some kind 
of smoke bomb or something?  And with their talents they created 
mayhem at Hogwarts under Umbridge, so there are many ways that they 
can help the war effort. I am sure we will see a few new inventions 
from the twins in book 7.

Tonks_op