Hagrid's wand (was Re: My thoughts on some things.......)

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 148612

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Maria Holub <sopraniste at ...> 
wrote:
>
> > Jen here again,
> > I am wondering if it has to do with how badly the
> > core is damaged. 
> > Don't have my COS handy but I don't remember a lot
> > of detail about 
> > it. If the powers that be took a bit of pity on
> > Hagrid, perhaps they 
> > didn't damage the core. Ron was in a car accident
> > and maybe his 
> > sustained much worse damage or as you mention,
> > perhaps the repair 
> > really put it out of whack.
> 
> Flop:
> It also occurs to me that Ron STARTED with a wand that
> was in rough shape. Back in SS/PS, he mentioned it was
> a hand-me-down wand and the unicorn hair was poking
> out right at the beginning on the train (and as
> always, I don't have my sources with me to give page
> numbers). It gave the impression, to me at least, of a
> student wand that had been used hard (in much the same
> way that some of the student violins I've played over
> the years have been beaten up by former students....)

Jen D. here,
I too, have played a few of those raggedy student violins. I think 
Hagrid's wand was probably a little worse for wear too, knowing 
Hagrid's lack of finesse sometimes but you are right, Ron's wand was 
Charlie's, I believe. They used some of the winnings from the 
Prophet's grandprize to get him a new one the next year. 
Jen D. wondering which kind of core is the most powerful. Do we know?