Thread:Olliveander/@comment-30910611-20171121184131

Dissclaimer! this is just my opinion, based on the discriptions on Pottermore. I ahve no affiliation with JK Rowling or WB aside from being a massive fan.

Severus snapes wand Has no definitive description in the books aside from being all black with no embellishments. My guess is it was a 13 1/2 inch Holly with unicorn hair core Pliant flexibility.

13 1/2 inches

I got this measurement from the noble collection prop replica. if I go off the measurements as seen in the book series, Snape has a average wand, maybe a little on the long side but only slight. This suggests that he had a wide personallity, but nothing to be too exited about.

Holly wood

Holly is described to be "a rare wand wood. it is cosiderd to be protective wand wood and works well for those who need help overcomeing a tendency to anger or impudencey. It also often chooses owners who are engadged in some kind of spiritual or emotional quest"                                 this fits snape incredibly well. He was deffinetly a protective of himself and occasionally others. he was very secretive and hated it when others looked into his past, but he has been seen protecting those under his charge. this can be seen in The Prisoner Of Azkaban when puts himself infront of Harry,Ron,and Hermione. or when he makes the unbreakible vow to protect draco malfoy. Of corce snape was on a emotional quest to win Lilly's heart even before hogwarts. his undieing love and dedication to her is something that would have been at the very core of him.

Unicorn Hair

"unicorn wands Generally produse the most consistant magic. and are least subject to fluxuations or blockages. they are often the most difficult to turn to the dark arts." Snape deffinetly was consistant, his wand movements were direct and percise. and not once do we see Snape make a mistake when it comes to magic. The problem you may see is that they are the most difficult to turn to the dark arts, but Snape was rather accomplished in the dark arts. Snape is a very cunning, Intelligent,and strong willed idavidual. he would be able to turn it to the dark arts fairly easally.

Pliant  flexiblility

"wand flexibillity derives from the owner's adaptibility or wilingness to change". Snape was very stubborn and driven. Snape was also quite adaptible seeing how he was able to play his role as a double agent.

this is again just my opinion baced on my understanding of the lore. 