Ghostsoldier
Sr Member
Yes...those are very nice! Great craftsmanship! 
Rob
Rob
Wood Harry Potter Wand Replicas_update 10-31-11...
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He's also shut down his Etsy shop. Or was possibly shut down by Etsy... HoO ticked off a lot of customers in the past year. It's really too bad because he made beautiful wands.
darkhunter89
New Member
Very nice
I was actually able to speak with HoO just recently. His Etsy site was shut down because of an international customer that claimed he never received his wands when Jeff supposedly had tracking numbers confirming they were delivered. Etsy sided with the customer and shut him down...
He is selling on ebay currently but was burned again by an international customer so he's stopped shipping international. He's just selling what wands he has left and then will shut down entirely after he's sold out.
He is difficult to deal with, but his craftsmanship is unmatched.
He is selling on ebay currently but was burned again by an international customer so he's stopped shipping international. He's just selling what wands he has left and then will shut down entirely after he's sold out.
He is difficult to deal with, but his craftsmanship is unmatched.
a possible way to deal with him(and with everyone) is to offer payment via paypal as a gift,but there is no way to claim for money back if the item is not deliverd,all must be done with confidence.
Maybe if someone wants to ask him for internationnal shipment,he can offer this way…this is how I do when I want seller to accept,of course,I take my own risks...
Maybe if someone wants to ask him for internationnal shipment,he can offer this way…this is how I do when I want seller to accept,of course,I take my own risks...
I never said it was difficult to send him money.... The hard part is getting him to respond to emails and actually ship items when he says he will. He makes, in my opinion, the best wands anywhere but he totally flakes out on every other aspect of selling a product to a consumer. If you have the patience (of a Saint) to deal with him it's totally worth it, but if you don't it's a total nightmare.
By the way, all of his ebay listing were recently pulled, no doubt due to customers claiming non-delivery and he has once again stopped answering emails...
By the way, all of his ebay listing were recently pulled, no doubt due to customers claiming non-delivery and he has once again stopped answering emails...
dcn5002
New Member
Just sharing a bit of luck that I think a lot of you wand collectors, makers, and Harry Potter fans will enjoy...
This past weekend, I was lucky enough to meet Tom Felton at a local convention, and I was able to get two autographs from him! My fiancée and I were actually pretty lucky because when we finally found where he was set up, he had just stepped away for a quick break, and there wasn't a line at all. So whenever he got back, we were able to spend a few minutes chatting with him without having to worry about loads of other eager fans breathing down our necks. In any case, I was able to get his autograph on both Draco's wand box, and on the Slytherin ring that he wears in most of the movies. It was pretty cool because I handed him the wand box, and he smiled and said "oh! The old beast, eh!?" And he actually took the time to open it up and take a look at it because, as he said, he hadn't seen it for a while. I asked him if he was a fan of it, because it's one of the most plain looking wands in the whole series, and without skipping a beat, he answered "hell yeah! You kidding me??"
What was extra cool for me was whenever he picked up the box for the Slytherin ring, and asked me what it was. When I told him it was Draco's ring, he got really excited because he said that he's signed loads of wands and pictures, but he's never seen a replica of the ring before. So he opened up the box, and carefully took the ring out, slipped it on his finger, and said "how 'bout that! It even fits!" Lol
Regrettably, I didn't get a picture of him with the ring on, and I only got a very blurry picture of him with the wand box, but I'm definitely satisfied that I got to meet an actor from a series I love so much, and he was nice enough to take the time to visit with me and my fiancée as well!
Till next time!
This past weekend, I was lucky enough to meet Tom Felton at a local convention, and I was able to get two autographs from him! My fiancée and I were actually pretty lucky because when we finally found where he was set up, he had just stepped away for a quick break, and there wasn't a line at all. So whenever he got back, we were able to spend a few minutes chatting with him without having to worry about loads of other eager fans breathing down our necks. In any case, I was able to get his autograph on both Draco's wand box, and on the Slytherin ring that he wears in most of the movies. It was pretty cool because I handed him the wand box, and he smiled and said "oh! The old beast, eh!?" And he actually took the time to open it up and take a look at it because, as he said, he hadn't seen it for a while. I asked him if he was a fan of it, because it's one of the most plain looking wands in the whole series, and without skipping a beat, he answered "hell yeah! You kidding me??"
What was extra cool for me was whenever he picked up the box for the Slytherin ring, and asked me what it was. When I told him it was Draco's ring, he got really excited because he said that he's signed loads of wands and pictures, but he's never seen a replica of the ring before. So he opened up the box, and carefully took the ring out, slipped it on his finger, and said "how 'bout that! It even fits!" Lol
Regrettably, I didn't get a picture of him with the ring on, and I only got a very blurry picture of him with the wand box, but I'm definitely satisfied that I got to meet an actor from a series I love so much, and he was nice enough to take the time to visit with me and my fiancée as well!
Till next time!
Tatiana
New Member
Re: Wood Harry Potter Wand Replicas_update NEW WANDS
My first time sorry. I was talking about this Greyback's wand. Will the owner sell it please?
My first time sorry. I was talking about this Greyback's wand. Will the owner sell it please?
dcn5002
New Member
I’m not sure if anyone still follows this thread, but just in case there’s anyone still out there, I wanted to take a shot at reviving the conversation by sharing a wand I’ve been working on lately.
This wand is my favorite out of all the movie designs and it has been a LONG time in the making. Way back when I first joined TheRPF, I mentioned one day hoping to use a fusion of wood and metal, and this wand represents one of my first real attempts. I’ve been working on this wand for several months, because the majority of the work had to be done away from my workshop. I’m currently living in an apartment building where power tools aren’t really practical, plus the noise would be really irritating to my neighbors, so in order to make this wand, it took a lot of planning, and I had to rely on some outside help. The metal handle is a custom turned piece of aluminum. I debated going with bronze or some other metal that had a gold/brass color to it (to more closely resemble the Noble version), but after finding a couple pictures of the actual prop(s) used in the movies from Harry Potter: The Exhibition, all of the metal on the wand seemed to be the same silver color. In the end, I decided to go with aluminum because I figured the overall wand would be fairly heavy after I put it all together, so a lighter metal would make it a little less cumbersome.
For the wood, I also went back and forth between a few different species of exotic wood. I ultimately decided to go with African blackwood because from a distance it looks like it’s fairly uniformly black, but when you see it in the right light or when you look at it up close, it’s actually just a dark brown with streaks of lighter brown running through it. Blackwood is also really dense and heavy, and like a few of the other exotic woods I’ve worked with, you can buff it up to a pretty high polish. Most of the heavy lifting for the wooden sections of this wand was done by Chuck from CustomWoodChuck. The finished wands he has available through his Etsy shop really are works of art, and he has a true appreciation for the beauty of the different types of wood he works with. He was extremely accommodating in working with me to make a custom dowel of blackwood for the shaft of the wand, and he also roughed out a second piece of blackwood for me to use for the slug-eyed pommel. From there, it was a long (but fun!) process of doing most of the carving by hand. Once I had finished carving the waved shaft, I was able to complete the slug trails by using this really cool technique of metal inlay I found online. I had never used this process before, but I’m thrilled with the result because there are no paints or stains on this wand at all. I still have a little more polishing to do, but at this point, I’d say it’s 99% complete. The wand has a really solid feel to it, and it has a decent weight from all of its component pieces, but it’s also thin enough that it doesn’t feel uncomfortable or awkward to wave around.
I had so much fun working on this wand, and I’m hoping to share some more projects in the coming weeks and months. In the meantime, I’m really curious to see if anyone else out there has been working on anything new!
Till next time!
This wand is my favorite out of all the movie designs and it has been a LONG time in the making. Way back when I first joined TheRPF, I mentioned one day hoping to use a fusion of wood and metal, and this wand represents one of my first real attempts. I’ve been working on this wand for several months, because the majority of the work had to be done away from my workshop. I’m currently living in an apartment building where power tools aren’t really practical, plus the noise would be really irritating to my neighbors, so in order to make this wand, it took a lot of planning, and I had to rely on some outside help. The metal handle is a custom turned piece of aluminum. I debated going with bronze or some other metal that had a gold/brass color to it (to more closely resemble the Noble version), but after finding a couple pictures of the actual prop(s) used in the movies from Harry Potter: The Exhibition, all of the metal on the wand seemed to be the same silver color. In the end, I decided to go with aluminum because I figured the overall wand would be fairly heavy after I put it all together, so a lighter metal would make it a little less cumbersome.
For the wood, I also went back and forth between a few different species of exotic wood. I ultimately decided to go with African blackwood because from a distance it looks like it’s fairly uniformly black, but when you see it in the right light or when you look at it up close, it’s actually just a dark brown with streaks of lighter brown running through it. Blackwood is also really dense and heavy, and like a few of the other exotic woods I’ve worked with, you can buff it up to a pretty high polish. Most of the heavy lifting for the wooden sections of this wand was done by Chuck from CustomWoodChuck. The finished wands he has available through his Etsy shop really are works of art, and he has a true appreciation for the beauty of the different types of wood he works with. He was extremely accommodating in working with me to make a custom dowel of blackwood for the shaft of the wand, and he also roughed out a second piece of blackwood for me to use for the slug-eyed pommel. From there, it was a long (but fun!) process of doing most of the carving by hand. Once I had finished carving the waved shaft, I was able to complete the slug trails by using this really cool technique of metal inlay I found online. I had never used this process before, but I’m thrilled with the result because there are no paints or stains on this wand at all. I still have a little more polishing to do, but at this point, I’d say it’s 99% complete. The wand has a really solid feel to it, and it has a decent weight from all of its component pieces, but it’s also thin enough that it doesn’t feel uncomfortable or awkward to wave around.
I had so much fun working on this wand, and I’m hoping to share some more projects in the coming weeks and months. In the meantime, I’m really curious to see if anyone else out there has been working on anything new!
Till next time!
CaptChunkyChew
Well-Known Member
WOW. That slughorn is just beautiful. You truly can be proud of that, I have never seen such a clean metal inlay! just wow.... *sound of my drool hitting the keyboard*
Ghostsoldier
Sr Member
Very nice work!
Rob
Rob
inoferreira
New Member
Great job
I'm doing the wand of Lucius Malfoy to a friend.
I'm doing the wand of Lucius Malfoy to a friend.
Seriously good work. :cool
Would love to be able to do something like this. But just don't have the tools or the space at the moment. :cry
Would love to be able to do something like this. But just don't have the tools or the space at the moment. :cry
dcn5002
New Member
Just in time for the holidays, I have another wand to share! I've been working on this draft of Gilderoy Lockhart's wand for several months now, and once again I have to thank Chuck from CustomWoodChuck for helping me out with some of the initial wood turning for the handle before I took over with carving it.
I actually made an attempt at this wand a couple years ago where the entire thing was carved from a single piece of yellowheart. That original draft was really fun to make, but after seeing some more pictures of the actual prop that was used, I decided that the coloring wasn't really right in my yellowheart version. To that end, I decided to make the wand out of two separate species of wood. Based on the reference pictures I found, the shaft of this wand seemed to be a very light colored wood, almost white, and the handle was a warm shade of brown. In the end, I chose holly for the shaft, and cherry for the handle. Both are really great woods to work with, and the coloring seems to be spot-on when you see the wand in person. There is a small debate surrounding the handle of this wand. In some pictures, the straight part of the handle appears to be flattened and squared (like the handle of Sirius Black’s wand). In my opinion though, I think a squared handle overcomplicates the design, and I think it actually looks just as good with a rounded handle.
This wand is pretty unique in a few different ways. For one, it’s really the first wand in the film series that has some sort of carving to it instead of just being completely turned on a lathe. Second, in just about all of the other two-toned wands, the handle is made of a lighter wood than the shaft – this wand is the exact opposite. And one other thing that you notice right away when you see the wand in person (and even when you see it in the second movie) is that it’s extremely long. When you see the wand in the movie, specifically in the dueling club scene, as Lockhart is wearing the wand at his side, you can see that it stretches approximately from his hip down to his knee. I used that as a rough measurement while making this wand, so that the final length of my version is 18.75 inches long. That definitely dwarfs the usual 14-15 inch range for most of the wands, but Lockhart’s wand is actually pretty thin overall, so it doesn’t feel clumsy when you hold it.
The bulk of the carving for this wand was done at the very end of the handle to make the two opposing curls which form a general fleur-de-lis shape (which I think is just such a cool detail, it almost gives the wand a medieval or maybe a Renaissance kind of feel). If you look closely, you can see the curls are carved to resemble the scroll of a violin where the scroll becomes wider as it curls in on itself. Because there’s so much intricacy and detail focused in on those two small curls (which were actually carved into the wood, instead of carving them separately and gluing them later – the entire handle is one single piece of cherry), I wasn’t able to use my usual carving knives because they were simply too bulky. Instead, believe it or not, I actually used a single sided disposable razor blade for the majority of the carving. A razor blade was just thin enough to fit into all those tiny spaces and corners, and the extremely sharp blade meant much finer, cleaner cuts that didn’t need to be sanded later. Of course the downside to this precision is that I had to be extremely careful with every single cut I made, so just carving the handle of this wand alone took many hours to complete. In the end though, I think the time and effort were well worth it because I’m extremely happy with the way this wand turned out. I hope you guys enjoy it, and I hope you keep sharing your own work as well!!!
I actually made an attempt at this wand a couple years ago where the entire thing was carved from a single piece of yellowheart. That original draft was really fun to make, but after seeing some more pictures of the actual prop that was used, I decided that the coloring wasn't really right in my yellowheart version. To that end, I decided to make the wand out of two separate species of wood. Based on the reference pictures I found, the shaft of this wand seemed to be a very light colored wood, almost white, and the handle was a warm shade of brown. In the end, I chose holly for the shaft, and cherry for the handle. Both are really great woods to work with, and the coloring seems to be spot-on when you see the wand in person. There is a small debate surrounding the handle of this wand. In some pictures, the straight part of the handle appears to be flattened and squared (like the handle of Sirius Black’s wand). In my opinion though, I think a squared handle overcomplicates the design, and I think it actually looks just as good with a rounded handle.
This wand is pretty unique in a few different ways. For one, it’s really the first wand in the film series that has some sort of carving to it instead of just being completely turned on a lathe. Second, in just about all of the other two-toned wands, the handle is made of a lighter wood than the shaft – this wand is the exact opposite. And one other thing that you notice right away when you see the wand in person (and even when you see it in the second movie) is that it’s extremely long. When you see the wand in the movie, specifically in the dueling club scene, as Lockhart is wearing the wand at his side, you can see that it stretches approximately from his hip down to his knee. I used that as a rough measurement while making this wand, so that the final length of my version is 18.75 inches long. That definitely dwarfs the usual 14-15 inch range for most of the wands, but Lockhart’s wand is actually pretty thin overall, so it doesn’t feel clumsy when you hold it.
The bulk of the carving for this wand was done at the very end of the handle to make the two opposing curls which form a general fleur-de-lis shape (which I think is just such a cool detail, it almost gives the wand a medieval or maybe a Renaissance kind of feel). If you look closely, you can see the curls are carved to resemble the scroll of a violin where the scroll becomes wider as it curls in on itself. Because there’s so much intricacy and detail focused in on those two small curls (which were actually carved into the wood, instead of carving them separately and gluing them later – the entire handle is one single piece of cherry), I wasn’t able to use my usual carving knives because they were simply too bulky. Instead, believe it or not, I actually used a single sided disposable razor blade for the majority of the carving. A razor blade was just thin enough to fit into all those tiny spaces and corners, and the extremely sharp blade meant much finer, cleaner cuts that didn’t need to be sanded later. Of course the downside to this precision is that I had to be extremely careful with every single cut I made, so just carving the handle of this wand alone took many hours to complete. In the end though, I think the time and effort were well worth it because I’m extremely happy with the way this wand turned out. I hope you guys enjoy it, and I hope you keep sharing your own work as well!!!
