He’s often compared with Harry and Voldemort who have the same core. (The Phoenix feather just gives me the feeling that it fits Snape. So my head cannon wand for Snape is Hawthorn with a Phoenix Feather core.

Hawthorn wands may be particularly suited to healing magic, but they are also adept at curses, and I have generally observed that the hawthorn wand seems most at home with a conflicted nature, or with a witch or wizard passing through a period of turmoil.'

The wandmaker Gregorovitch wrote that hawthorn ‘makes a strange, contradictory wand, as full of paradoxes as the tree that gave it birth, whose leaves and blossoms heal, and yet whose cut branches smell of death.’ While I disagree with many of Gregorovitch’s conclusions, we concur about hawthorn wands, which are complex and intriguing in their natures, just like the owners who best suit them. I always thought that Snape’s wand wood was Hawthorn- the wand of contradictions, and I think it fits his character nicely. In my experience the ebony wand’s perfect match is one who will hold fast to his or her beliefs, no matter what the external pressure, and will not be swayed lightly from their purpose.ĭragon heartstrings, as per Pottermore, are 'the most powerful and volatile' of the three Ollivander cores, and, based on surveys, are much more common among Slytherins - like Snape.Īlso check out my analysis here on this wand wood + core combo. Frequently non-conformist, highly individual or comfortable with the status of outsider, ebony wand owners have been found both among the ranks of the Order of the Phoenix and among the Death Eaters. Ebony is happiest in the hand of those with the courage to be themselves. This jet-black wand wood has an impressive appearance and reputation, being highly suited to all manner of combative magic, and to Transfiguration. It is also one of the few 'black' woods, and as Snape's wand is jet-black, I'm 99% sure it's ebony. However, based on the look of Snape's wand from the films, and what we know of the wand cores, I'd guess that his wand is (most likely) Ebony with Dragon Heartstring.Įbony is a common wood used in wand-making for the films, including Percival Graves's wand from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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