How is it that Wormtail and others can use other's wands?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 147804

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hpfan_mom" <rdsilverstein at ...> 
wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@> wrote:

fuzz876i:
> > > What I want to know is this:  how is it possible to use someone 
> > > else's wand when that wand is supposed to be specific to the 
> > > owner and backfire if someone else uses it?

Bart:
> > I don't believe it says that anywhere in the canon. The only   
> > example I saw was when Lockhart used Ron's BROKEN wand, which 
> > often backfired on Ron.

hpfan_mom:
> In fact, that wasn't even really Ron's wand - wasn't it originally 
> Charlie's wand?

Geoff:
There is an interesting canon point here which indicates that a 
wizard can use someone else's wand....

'As he measured, he said, "Every Ollivander wand has a core of a 
powerful magic substance, Mr.Potter. We use unicorn hairs, phoenix 
tail feathers and the heartstrings of dragons. No two Ollivander 
wands are the same, just as no two unicorns, dragons or phoenixes are 
quite the same. And, of course, you will never get such good results 
with another wizard's wand."'
(PS "Diagon Alley" p.64 UK edition)