[the_old_crowd] Re: Dumbledad's Introduction

[Monika Huebner]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 03:26:26 -0000, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
<catlady at ...> wrote:

>--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan" <tim_regan82 at h...> 
>wrote:

>> and some chopsticks we use as wands when dressing up.
>
>I think they'd be smaller wands than any specified in canon. 

If I remember well, Umbridge's wand is described as being unusually
short. Maybe no longer than a chopstick? <eg> SCNR

>What do 
>people think about the proper size for a wand? 

We haven't seen many wands so far, but in general, they seem to be at
least seven inches long. At least we aren't told Harry tries a shorter
one at Ollivanders. Lily's was ten and a quarter inches, James' eleven
inches. Harry's wand is eleven inches long, too. Hagrid's seemed to be
unusually long (16 inches), but he's half giant.

Let's see: the chopsticks in my kitchen drawer are 26 cm long, that's
roughly 10 inches, the proper size for a wand, though I'd say they are
a bit thin for a wand. ;)

Monika