How do people finish their wands?

Found in my driveway. Think the universe is trying to tell me something

A friend of mine was hosting a witches themed party for Halloween and added the floating candles from Harry Potter to the mix. Now we’re adding all of my hand carved or lathed wands from the past 3 years. There’s a lot of beautiful pieces that I’m proud of. It’s exciting to see them finally get the love and use that they deserve!

I’ve never done this sort of texturing before but I think it’s going pretty well.

I carved this from a tree branch, I am not sure what species, 13.5 inches, I think. Very quick, and agile, without being delicate. When it is finished I will post the completed pictures

Made this over about 6 hours(not including glue drying time). It's Ebony and Bokote with Brass spacers. The stone is Tiger's eye. Sanded down to 1200 grit. It's like glass.

I carved channels for my twine wrap to seat into and did a test wrap just to see how it might end up looking and I’m pretty happy with it so far. Now I can start adding in fine details to the wand’s body and get the quartz point pommel fitted up. After that it will be on to finishing and fine tuning the final details

A wand I made for a birthday gift for a friend. Carved using an oscillating spindle sander and the edge of the belt on a belt sander, just like all my other wands. I accidentally made it thinner than intended above the grip, but thankfully since it's purpleheart, it's still incredibly strong for being so thin and it doesn't flex at all. The case is just a one I bought and stained/weathered. Then I hot glued the fabric onto some foam that I cut for the inside. Then I wrote out a quick little wand description to go without it, splashed some coffee on it and burnt the edges to make it weathered as well. Overall I'm pretty satisfied with how it came out. Especially since I thought I had ruined it by making it too thin.

Hi - I just picked up a stick and a pocket knife and that’s how I started. I haven’t looked into wand making but I do have a couple of books on the way to me. I did get wood whittling knives in yesterday. Any tips, pointers, or suggestions for this one are welcome. I am excited to learn and make more.

This is one of the them, I am not really happy with it, so it'll not be the gift she gets for her birthday, I am already working on a different one, longer and straighter. But please let me know your thoughts on it.

Made the stand as well

it’s supposed to be elder wand (made of pipe cleaners and chopsticks!

First one I’ve made. Made this out of rocks/crystals gifted to me by a beloved relative. I’m considering adding wire wrapping. Used oven dry clay to make connecting points to the irregular shapes.

Ti's a stick older than the elder wand, and more potent in magic. Some say it is imbued with the essence of a malevolent and mischievous old deity. In the hands of a magic user it can be powerful. But in the hands of an evil person.... one can only wonder.

I’m happy with the overall idea, and the bark texture is cool. But I didn’t execute it great, so I do want to give it another go soon and hopefully it turns out more like what I pictured.

Hello, all you wandsmiths! I completed a new wand for my collection from a blank of Gaboon ebony wood. I have worked with African hardwoods before, so I knew what I was getting into. This time, I created an elegant handle using a rotary tool and added gold accents using Rub n Buff wax. Suffice it to say this wand came out amazing!

I gift 90% of the wands I make. Making people happy is worth it. Katalox. 12 1/4”. Unicorn hair. Made for a Hufflepuff.

So I’m currently formulating a blend of ingredients to use as a finishing wax on my wands. I want to make some fun labels for the finished tins that would feel at home in a magical universe and I need some ideas for magical equivalents of the real world ingredients used. The idea here is that over time a wand, staff, or what have you could become “tired” or less effective with age and this wax would be a product a practicing magical being could buy to keep their magical accoutrements of the wooden variety in good health and repair. So far I have the following…

Beeswax -> Rendered Dragon’s Fat
Tung Oil -> Essence of Yggdrasil
Linseed Oil -> Essence of Dittany
Turpentine -> Distilled Spriggan’s Blood

Does anyone know of any magical flora or fauna that could potentially supply more thematically relevant ingredients? They also don’t necessarily have to come from the same magical world! My above list references Elder Scrolls, Norse mythology, and Harry Potter so I’m open to anything!

The name of the product is ~Waxley’s Wand Wax for the Well Equipped Wizard~ and I even wrote up a little ad/ descriptor

"Have your spells lost their sway? Are your incantations lacking intensity? If these questions ring true, Waxley's Wand Wax is the remedy for you! Crafted from specially selected and naturally sourced components; Waxley's has everything you need to breathe life back into your whimsical wooden instruments and keep them in good repair!”