Salazar S’s Wand

Salazar S's Wand

The famous founder of one of the 4 houses! We only know this design from a briefly shown images in a video on "Magic in America", produced before the newer film series. I instantly fell in love with it, and decided to recreate it with my own processes. This wand is not available anywhere else, so I am very proud that I can make it - and it is now my favourite of all the character wands.

This wand is ideally made in snakewood, from the lore - alas, this is a ferociously expensive wood! The below batch of 6, I was fortunate enough to be able to make after 6 people contacted me over a period of half a year asking if I could make one for them. It was amazing to see them all come to life! The most epic group of wands I have ever made. If you're interested in buying one, get in touch, though I should warn you the price will be in the £200+ range, depending on how expensive the wood is today - and it might take me a while to make it, or to source the wood anyway. There is only really one place in the world I can buy it, based in Suriname, and their communications are... challenging. One email a week, months go by and they still havent provided photos, that kind of thing!!

Generally though I have focused on using Mexican katalox for this design. Katalox is a very well behaved wood and does not tend to bend, which is often a problem with other woods, especially on thin shafts like this one. It carves very well, with a smooth surface, and is exceptionally strong, while not being as expensive as other woods like ebony - this is a large diameter wand, and the amount of wastage does sometimes make me wince!

Length is 34.2Cm or 13 1/2", maximum diameter around 34mm or around 1.35".

Salazars wand in real snakewood!!

In katalox - the first was a lucky wand, with a band of lighter colour just hitting the handle on one side!

Gabon ebony

Katalox and Gabon ebony

Katalox (top), brown ebony (mid), Gabon ebony (lower)

Ash wood