Feedback- Wandmaker!

Gondring
June 17th, 2012, 11:10 pm
Hey all,
Totally new to the forum, well... this account anyways, I made one back in the day but... yeah forums and I...
Anyways, I started out making wands last year for DH Part II and it took off with my Quidditch team and more, so I thought why not share things with more communities?

I started out with this one (mine): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Elvenfury05/485844_409630232389528_1306989394_n.jpg


And have moved on to things like these:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Elvenfury05/steve.jpg (Black and White Ebony, 11.5" Dragon Heartstring core)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Elvenfury05/224491_251233331562553_3571919_n.jpg
(Oak, 12.5 Inches, Kelpie Hair Core)

This is one of my favorites, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Elvenfury05/181879_10151033189655030_1874703666_n.jpg (Purpleheart, 10.5" Unicorn Hair Core)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Elvenfury05/262579_257782154241004_2868948_n.jpg
(Cherry, 12 Inches, Unicorn Hair Core)



Everything is hand carved and I don't use a lathe. Let me know what you think!

S_mackrell
July 23rd, 2012, 8:04 pm
That is an awsome hobby! Looks like fun, I like the red one best to. How do you get the wood so sooth?

I always imagine wands as just plain skinny sticks, even after watching the movies

Gondring
July 23rd, 2012, 9:20 pm
That is an awsome hobby! Looks like fun, I like the red one best to. How do you get the wood so sooth?

I always imagine wands as just plain skinny sticks, even after watching the movies

Thanks!
I do instrument repair for a living, so I have sandpaper going up to 5400. Most wands I really only take to 2600 though. The denser woods need the higher grades because they don't seem to take the finish like the less dense wood.

HermioneLeviosa
August 24th, 2012, 1:00 am
These wands are really nice. :)

asdfasdf17
August 24th, 2012, 8:37 pm
Wow, these are AMAZING! They really do look like how I would imagine the wands to look like (and I think they look better than the movie versions!).
I agree with you, my favorite is also the Purpleheart, 10.5" Unicorn Hair Core. Good job!

CheddarTrek
August 28th, 2012, 2:00 am
Whoa, hand carved? That's pretty awesome dude, well done. They look fantastic! You might even be able to sell something like that if you were willing to do a bit of custom work for your customers. Nice.