I sold Neville Longbottom’s wand and the Elder Wand at my recent craft fair ‘The Bish Bash Bosh’ and have started their replacements.
I had some genuine Elder wood (see photo) to make a proper Elder Wand.
This is the Elder branch just before being shaped on the lathe, but I soon discovered that the wood was difficult to hold accurately in the lathe after I had finished roughing it down. I am trying to use a different method to hold it using a chuck. I do have some lovely Scots Pine which I could use instead. Sadly, elder is hard to find ;-(
I managed to sort out how to hold it accurately and this is the wand in progress. I will make a video of how the next Elder wand is made.
