[Gallagher]

It doesn't exactly have to be a life's work. You can make other wands and still have time to work on something like that. And, just because few are talked about, that doesn't mean they're not out there. For people to compare in the first place means there have to be options. Being the best means there have to be options. All the reasons why a wandmaker wouldn't attempt it today, why would they make it more likely for someone to have that long ago, when it would have been an even more difficult business?

It's not like even volatile wands are actually sentient. They wouldn't be acting out constantly. But if it's established that it's substandard, that doesn't mean that it's solely due to power by any means. And, considering that those cores you DO count as volatile are in fact still used... -shrug- The time and cost of making wands matters, too. Maybe his father just wasn't able to. Just because his son had the drive to discover these things for himself doesn't mean that his father had that ambition or drive to.

Ohh? Where did you find those at!