Information on Ivy

Up to 30 meters or 100 feet
Common especially in woodlands
Late Autumn
Jupiter or Mars
Spirit or Fire
Anu, Aveta, Brigantia, Nicevenn, Govannon, Myrrdin Wyllt
Healing, Protection, Strength, Revenge
Samhain or October
Tuesday
Blue, Purple, Black or Gold

The bark is usually removed from this option as it tends to have many little hairy roots which it uses to cling on to trees, when dry these just break off. It is very difficult to find straight wood in this option. This is also a thinner wand option as thicker lengths being cut will not kill the Ivy but will remove valuable cover and food for our little insect and animal friends.

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Ivy is suitable for all wand sizes from 6 inches to 13 inches. It can be quite a knobbly wood and thinner than average. It is impossible to get perfectly straight wands naturally from this material, there is no significant bark.
Bark will be removed unless I am asked to leave it on.

Stripped Bark
The body will then be sanded to a glossy smooth finish allowing any grain and knot features to be seen. This option is also ideal if you are considering to have pyrographed symbols on the wand body. It is considered by some that by removing the bark you loose some of the properties of the wand material. I feel it is very important that a wand of this style be waxed or varnished to protect the wood which will taint extremely easily.

Braid
I am not happy to ship a wand without braid, especially at the tip as this helps to strengthen a wand. If no braid is selected I will use a braid of a colour I feel is suitable from the economy braid range.

I will ship a wand with no braid if this is specifically asked for and the possible consequences of not having braid are understood.