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{{Quote|But my dear chap, do you know how much that's worth?|Horace Slughorn commented to Hagrid upon seeing bunches of Unicorn hair hanging around Hagrid's cabin|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
 
{{Quote|But my dear chap, do you know how much that's worth?|Horace Slughorn commented to Hagrid upon seeing bunches of Unicorn hair hanging around Hagrid's cabin|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
'''Unicorn hair''' is a hair taken from the tail of a [[unicorn]] that can be used to comprise the [[wand core|core]] of a [[wand]]. It is very strong, and is worth 10 Galleons a hair, according to Horace Slughorn.
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The '''hair''' from a Unicorn can be used to comprise the [[wand core|core]] of a [[wand]]. It is also very strong and useful. Hagrid collects it from the forest where it has gotten caught up in trees and bushes and uses it to bind bandages. Unicorn hair is worth 10 Galleons a hair, according to Horace Slughorn.
   
 
==Known uses==
 
==Known uses==
*In [[Ollivander]]'s [[Ollivander's Wand Shop|Wand Shop]], the owner [[Ollivander]] is known to use unicorn hairs as one of his three cores; others being [[dragon]] [[Dragon heartstring|heartstring]] and [[phoenix]] [[Phoenix feather|feather]].
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*In [[Ollivander]]'s [[Ollivander's Wand Shop|Wand Shop]], the owner [[Ollivander]] is known to use unicorn hairs as one of his three cores; the others being [[dragon]] [[Dragon heartstring|heartstring]] and [[phoenix]] [[Phoenix feather|feather]].
*Hagrid collects stray hairs from the forest for use in bandaging magical creatures, due to its strength. The large tail of hair was given to [[Horace Slughorn]], who presumably sold it.
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*Hagrid collects stray hairs from the forest for use in bandaging magical creatures, due to its strength.
   
 
==Known wands==
 
==Known wands==

Revision as of 18:04, 3 August 2010

"But my dear chap, do you know how much that's worth?"
— Horace Slughorn commented to Hagrid upon seeing bunches of Unicorn hair hanging around Hagrid's cabin[src]

The hair from a Unicorn can be used to comprise the core of a wand. It is also very strong and useful. Hagrid collects it from the forest where it has gotten caught up in trees and bushes and uses it to bind bandages. Unicorn hair is worth 10 Galleons a hair, according to Horace Slughorn.

Known uses

Known wands

The following wands have a unicorn hair core:

See also