John's Workshop #12

John's Workshop #12

or "The handcraft and art of making a wonderful walking stick"
At the conclusion of the small demonstration of his master craftsmanship, John presented me a small selection of his various walkingsticks and shepherds crooks. With his current sticks, John participates in fourteen of sixteen different categories of the Edinburgh Royal Highland Show 2018.

oder "Das Handwerk und die Kunst, einen wunderbaren Wanderstab zu produzieren."
Zum Abschluss der kleinen Vorführung seiner meisterlichen Handwerkskunst, präsentierte John mir eine kleine Auswahl seiner verschiedenen Wander- und Hirtenstäbe. Mit seinen aktuellen Stäben nimmt John in vierzehn von sechzehn unterschiedlichen Kategorien der Edinburgh Royal Highland Show 2018 teil.

Royal Highland Show Competition (June 2018)
Section K: Crooks and Walking Sticks
44 Neck Crook - plain wood head, one piece or two piece
45 Neck Crook - plain horn head
46 Neck Crook - fancy horn head
47 Neck Crook - fancy wood head, one or two piece
48 Walking Stick - plain wood, one or two piece
49 Walking Stick - plain horn head
50 Walking Stick - fancy wood head, one or two piece
51 Walking Stick - fancy horn head
52 Leg Cleek – horn
53 Leg Cleek – wood
54 Thumb Stick - horn or wood
55 Walking Stick - plain or fancy buffalo horn
56 Stick - suitable for a lady
57 Half Head Sportsman's Stick
58 Walking Stick - horn head (class not open to persons
who have previously been awarded a first prize for a stick at the RHS)
59 Walking Stick - horn or wood by a novice (only open to a competitor who has not
exhibited their work before 2016 or won a prize for a stick at the Royal Highland Show)

https://www.royalhighlandshow.org/media/2644/royal-highland-show-handcrafts-schedule-2018.pdf

Edinburg Royal Highland Show (21.-24. Juni 2018): https://www.royalhighlandshow.org

Last year, he was honored to serve as the sole judge of the Walkingstick and shepherds crook competition on this show. In 2016, he won an impressive seven prizes in this section, which was mentioned in several magazines. (Side note: In earlier years he also won prizes with his wonderful garden design.)

Im letzten Jahr wurde ihm die Ehre zuteil, auf dieser Show als einziger Richter des Wander- und Hirtenstab Wettbewerbs zu fungieren. Im Jahr 2016 gewann er beeindruckende sieben Preise in dieser Sektion, was in mehreren Zeitschriften loben erwähnt wurde. (Randbemerkung: In früheren Jahren gewann er auch mit seiner wunderbaren Gartengestaltung Preise.)

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/west-lothian-man-scoops-seven-3807581

He also won a lot of prices at other shows, like the one in Ayrshire.

Er gewann auch viele Preise auf anderen Shows, wie zum Beispiel auf der in Ayrshire:
http://onlineborders.org.uk/community/scm/rhshow14

He gives courses in his artful craft in Livingston and his walking sticks and crooks are highly sought after and achieve top prices on sale. If you are interested, you should search for "John Rennie" here:

Er gibt in Livingston Kurse in seinem kunstvollen Handwerk und seine Walkingsticks und Crooks sind sehr begehrt und erzielen im Verkauf Spitzenpreise. Wer interessiert ist, sollte hier mal nach "John Rennie" suchen:
https://www.stickandcaneshop.co.uk/PBSearch.asp