Timeline for How does Ollivander decide what kind of wand to make?
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| Mar 16, 2021 at 14:13 | answer | added | ava | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:43 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Oct 13, 2015 at 8:52 | vote | accept | Thomas Jacobs | ||
| Oct 5, 2015 at 5:15 | answer | added | Gaurav | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 15:28 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/644895883188961280 | ||
| Sep 18, 2015 at 14:58 | comment | added | Joe L. | My dad is a semi-professional cabinetmaker (retirement career). He'll get a deal on a piece of furniture-quality wood (decent wood is quite expensive), look at it and think "What can I make this into?" I imagine it's the same with a magic-wand craftsman. It's as much play as work. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 14:03 | comment | added | milk | So, according to Pottermore, wandmakers used to make wands with whatever magical core a wizard brought to them. Ollivander felt this changed the wands temperament, however, so he started making wands that would later be matched with their optimal user. With this information I'm led to infer that Ollivander just goes with the flow (he wakes up and makes whatever he wants) and whatever he makes will someday be paired with the right wizard. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 13:47 | answer | added | Valorum | timeline score: 9 | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 13:38 | comment | added | Thomas Jacobs | @Richard Yes, it's an estimate that Olliver sells around 160 wands per year, but he still needs to make them to fill up the gaps. Plus, it's not certain that the replacements look the same as the ones sold. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 13:28 | comment | added | Valorum | Alternately, given that there is only a limited number of wands he'll make, it's possible that he has one of each and replaces them as they're sold. The odds of needing two the same are vanishingly low. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 13:25 | comment | added | Valorum | The man's family have been making wands for the past 2000 years. I'd guess that it's a mixture of available materials and what sells well. | |
| Sep 18, 2015 at 13:24 | history | edited | Thomas Jacobs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Used the wrong word for what I wanted to convey.
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| Sep 18, 2015 at 13:19 | history | asked | Thomas Jacobs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |