Best Boyfriend Ever Hand-Made A Nimbus 2000 For His Girlfriend For Christmas
What do you do when your girlfriend is a hardcore Potterhead? You make her a Nimbus 2000 from scratch, of course! Jared Weissman, a civil engineering major from Virginia, USA, did just that for his girlfriend of 5 years, Shelby Stein. It took him 3 weeks to make it.
Weissman used a 2×4 piece of pine for the handle. The bristles were made from a basket reed and have their shape reinforced with Styrofoam circles. The broom got its glossy looks with a mahogany wood stain finish and polyurethane coat. Finally, the guy even hand painted the exact Nimbus 2000 logo on the top.
“It was wrapped in brown paper and twine just like it was in the movie when Harry receives in the Great Hall from his owl Hedwig,” Shelby told Seventeen. “I could tell what it was from the shape of it, and I just remember being so excited and even cried! My room is slowly turning into a Harry Potter fan cave”
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What do you do when your girlfriend is a hardcore Potterhead?
You make her a Nimbus 2000 from scratch, of course!
It took him 3 weeks to make it
“It was wrapped in brown paper and twine just like it was in the movie when Harry receives in the Great Hall from his owl Hedwig,” said Stein
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Share on FacebookSome of you may remember the uproar 2002, when a vibrating Nimbus 2000 toy became girls best friend. http://www.methodshop.com/2003/12/harry-potter-broomstick.shtml
Creating a gift for someone that you know they will love is the best gift ever.
I should really finish reading the series. Everyone knows the Firebolt is faster.
No, the Nimbus 2000 also had footpegs. The Nimbus 2001 had *ROTATING* footpegs: "The Nimbus 2001 is slightly shorter than the Nimbus 2000, but the bristles on the Nimbus 2001 are much longer than those on the Nimbus 2000. The stirrups on the 2001 are quite large and pivot to make your feet comfortable while sitting in different positions on the broom, whereas the stirrups on the 2000 are relatively small and are in a fixed position.".....from the Potter Wiki
Load More Replies...Some of you may remember the uproar 2002, when a vibrating Nimbus 2000 toy became girls best friend. http://www.methodshop.com/2003/12/harry-potter-broomstick.shtml
Creating a gift for someone that you know they will love is the best gift ever.
I should really finish reading the series. Everyone knows the Firebolt is faster.
No, the Nimbus 2000 also had footpegs. The Nimbus 2001 had *ROTATING* footpegs: "The Nimbus 2001 is slightly shorter than the Nimbus 2000, but the bristles on the Nimbus 2001 are much longer than those on the Nimbus 2000. The stirrups on the 2001 are quite large and pivot to make your feet comfortable while sitting in different positions on the broom, whereas the stirrups on the 2000 are relatively small and are in a fixed position.".....from the Potter Wiki
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