My therapist is a wonderful woman, besides being the best therapist I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.  Because she is very experienced in the area of gender identity issues, many of her patients are transgendered, myself included.  Sometimes, when a patient comes to a point in their life where transition - changing their gender from one to the other - is indicated, and they come out to their parents, the parents may not take the news very well.  In some cases, she is incorrectly accused of "magically" causing that patient to believe they should be of the other gender, as if she has this magick wand, waved it around, and cast some kind of spell on the patient.  She and I speak of my spiritual beliefs often, as she is very spiritual as well.  She's Jewish, and my roots are in Judaism, so we share that common bond.  She's also well versed in the qabala, and in that respect, is quite familiar with mysticism in general.

So a patient of hers gave her this "magic" wand as kind of a joke.  It's a dark wood, nicely shaped, with a five-pointed star on top.  Of course, being that she is Jewish, she wanted a wand with the Star of David.  She knows I make wands, so she asked me if I could make her one with the "right" tip.  I couldn't resist, so I started my search for a suitable star.  I found this necklace, with a nice sized pewter star, and bought it to use as the tip.  Because it's rather thin, I also decided that the wand should be rather narrow as well.  She's a small woman, so I think it works out well

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So the first thing I did, after obtaining a slim birch dowel, and the star, was to cut a slot in the top of the wand to fit the star on top.  Then I sanded the dowel smooth, and put on a few coats of polyurethane, and left it to dry.

Next, I glued the tip in place, picked out an amethyst stone for the base, and glued that in place after the tip cured.  Her favorite stone is amethyst, so it's a natural choice.  After that dried, I wrapped the wand with 20 gauge "tinned" copper wire.  I used spray glue to hold on the leather strip for the handle, trimmed it to fit, and let it dry

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In a real sense, this is a magick wand that could be used to direct energy. like any other.  I made it during the waxing moon, and used the same care and techniques that I would use when I make my standard magick wands.  This was quite inexpensive, $10 for the star, $1 for the stone, and I had some wire, the dowel, and the leather "in stock", so for under $15, I thought this came out quite well.