Silversmith, Chris Manning, and watchmaker, Jon Edwards, reflect on how they first met, then dive into Chris' backstory and how he came to make the highly valued pens he creates.

Full visual show notes available at http://offhours.show/ep1/

• Maker Faire Ottawa Where Chris & Jon first met in person

• Debug Episode 62 Jon talks watches with John Gruber alongside Debug hosts, Rene Ritchie & Guy English

• Image of a Plant 14" straight line engine

• Image of a Plant rose engine

• Fabergé Eggs

• Parker Sonnet

• Pen World Magazine

• David Oscarson Pens

• Yard-O-Led Pens

• Lee Valley Pen Kits

• Silver Hand Studios

• A pendant Chris engine turned in silver

• A custom rear panel for an iPhone 4, that Chris engine turned in silver

• Ornamental Turners International

• Coburg Ivories

• Four Generations of Watchcase Making DVD featuring Martin Matthews

• The Society of Ornamental Turners

• Site run by the "other" John Edwards, who hooked Chris up with his first engine turning machine

• A scene from the James Bond film Octopussy, that served as Chris' first introduction to the art of engine turning

• James MillerA master goldsmith who helped create the Fabergé egg replicas used in the James Bond film Octopussy

• George Daniels

• Roger W. Smith

• Engine turned dials at Breguet

• Engine turning at Vacheron Constantin

• British Horological Institute Distance Learning The distance learning course offered by the BHI that Chris has enrolled in

• Santa Fe Symposium An annual conference Chris has spoken at

• Metiers d’Art A division of Vacheron Constantin that is pushing the boundaries of what's possible with engine turning

• Rich Littlestone

• Adam Savage on autodidacticism