Of the Harry Potter wands that I own, let’s take a look at the Hogwarts Head of Houses
so if you’re new here or maybe just missed the large amount of oddly shaped boxes behind me I love wands and a wand was actually one of the first bits of merchandise that I purchased I love the effort and the detail that goes into designing them
that they’re straight out of the film and getting to own a bit of that wizarding world just makes it really magical
now because there’s so many wands available and
you might not be able to, have the option to go and into a store and have a look at them
I thought let me showcase them in collections
and in this collection we’re going to be looking at the Hogwarts Head of Houses
and hopefully allow you to make a decision if you’re thinking about getting one of them
so first up is head of Gryffindor, which of course is Professor McGonagall
and I do own Professor McGonagall’s wand in the Ollivander box
because I purchased it so very long time ago
it was actually at a convention i was having a look through and you you’ll be surprised of
amazing finds you can get a convention so I’d always recommend
looking around if you do attend, well when we can attend them again
and it comes with the Noble Collection authenticity
and it’s got a lovely like silvery blue ribbon and this is McGonagall’s wand
a quite a very long wand and it’s quite cool that it’s in two colours so the the handle section is in brown
the rest is in black and it has this resin tip and hopefully you can see that there now if you ever see ones on display in stores where you can handle them
this is often broken off because people are not careful with things
and it’s so it’s quite delicate, I guess it’s supposed to be like glass or you know real life what that would be?
amber perhaps, like a gemstone?
I think that’s quite cool but yeah it’s a very long one as well but a very stern, strict wand
and we all know a very famous spell to cast with this one which is Piertotum Locomotor
because I’ve always wanted to use that spell…
second is head of Hufflepuff, which of course is Professor Sprout
or as it says in the box Professor Pomona Sprout
hopefully you can see that there
a wand that I have which is in a modern box because it’s more of a recent addition to my collection I’d collected a lot of other wands before I
eventually got this one but it’s still great that I have this so it comes in a
pretty purple box, which is surprising you’d think that it would come in a yellow box
but maybe they ran out of yellow
and it does come with the name clip as well
and it’s quite a cool a wooden wand
and I would say, I mean it’s not wooden it is made of resin but it looks i would say looks wooden
and it has these cool like knobbly like worn wood on the end, as you would imagine
and it’s quite dar, but then you can see it is like more faded towards the tip…hopefully you can see that but it does, the paint job on it does make it look like wood, so I think it’s really cool
and from what I understand of this, so Miriam Margolo… how do you say her name? Miriam Margolyes, Margolyes?
she said that she always imagined her wand like being very used
and that’s why they made it look like that so very earthy
I believe she said like she would have you know dunked it in plots of, pots of soil while she’s working so
I guess that’s the reason why that end is a bit more worn
very cool, I like that addition to that wand because of that and
you would imagine Professor Sprout, tinkering away in Herbology, in the greenhouses
where did she put wand? She’d put it under arm or in in plants or pots of soil
you’d imagine that, so I think that’s really cool and I’m really pleased that I now own
my head of house’s wand, because I am a Hufflepuff
so third is head of Ravenclaw house,
which of course is Professor Flitwick
and he…this is his second wand
and a very recent addition to my collection, so again also in the modern box
I actually purchased this at the Wizarding World Gold Christmas Party
where Warrick Davis who plays Professor Flitwick
was actually in attendance hosting the event
so I thought what a perfect opportunity for me to finally purchase Professor Flitwick’s wand
and hopefully maybe get it signed – I never got it signed, because I never got the wand and then got
you know found later on but still a good way of remembering that fantastic event
before all the drama of 2020, this was in December 2019
so it was a really lovely occasion – the wand itself is really cool
it’s almost like a star shape i don’t know if you can see that
and then it tapers down into the points, into the rest of the tip
again also a solid colour…it does darken towards the tip
so not really worn like professor sprouts wand
and as head of charms it’s very swishy indeed
you’d imagine that to be, so it’s a very cool wand and I’m sure that Warrick Davis did get quite fond of this wand
in the end, even though this is his second wand
because we saw in the Philosopher’s Stone or Sorcerer’s Stone for any Americans watching
that he had a different one when he looked completely different
but I guess after his style update, everything changed
but still a really really cool wand, I’m really pleased I have that now and
a really good memory of that wonderful event
so finally we move on to head of Slytherin, which actually has two head of houses, that we know of
so I thought I’d showcase both
and that is Professor Slughorn and then who took over from him, Professor Snape
so beginning with Professor Slughorn,
I thought let’s showcase his wand
which I actually have in the Ollivander’s original box because when this wand came out
when I saw it in the film i was like this is such an amazing one i can’t wait to get this and
so I did, I acted swiftly while it was still in these original ollivander’s boxes
it comes with a certificate of authenticity and it’s cool i guess red and green ribbon
but yes such a cool and I remember, very delicate wand they advised me, so I will be handling it gently
but yeah so cool hopefully you can see that it has this really cool curvature towards it that tapers to quite a fine tip, which I imagine is very delicate – has this really cool silver…
etching on, which I imagine to be almost looks like a slug trail, which is so cool
it has the design on the sides here and then it also has like basically like a slug head
on the end again these are very delicate
so if you do get this one, please be very careful
yeah and it’s it’s got like a almost like a metallic finish on the handle
a very fancy wand for very fancy Slytherin
but yeah so cool, such such a cool wand…you can imagine him like you know drawing out his memories with the wand
obviously no spoilers for anyone who hasn’t finished the story so that is that amazing wand
really really like this one, I’m glad I could showcase it because he was apparently head of Slytherin house
now moving on to Professor Snape who was also head of Slytherin house
surprisingly not a black box, you would imagine it to be black or a very very dark blue at least
but yeah it comes in this kind of grey, green box
these are his is one of the ones that are still available in the Ollivander’s box so if you still wanted to get this you could
it does have a black ribbon so that…fits
and of course the reason I say ‘why not a black box’ because Snape is known you know of being black hair, black robes and a very very dark black wand
this wand I actually purchased on the actual 19 years later
so that was the 1st September 2017 when I went down to King’s Cross
after I went around London and went around all the Harry Potter shops and finally purchased this wand
so cool, I do really like Snape’s wand, I always appreciated the fantastic design of the handle it’s a really intricate design, very very cool
the rest of the wound itself is just pure black but it’s all about the handle
so there we are, these are the Harry Potter wands from the Hogwarts Head of Houses
and even though I’m in Hufflepuff, I gotta say that my favourite wand of that is Slughorn’s wand
I just think it’s so cool, I love the little slug head design on that, I love the silver design, I love the curvature of it
I just think it’s so cool, so unique so yea, it’s really interesting
let me know in the comment section below
what Hogwarts house you are in and which of these Hogwarts head houses wands is your favourite?
I want to see if there’s a correlation like if you’re really house proud or if you prefer the wand design
I think they’ll be interesting to find out