I completed my training as a tool mechanic after school at Montblanc Simplo in Hamburg. During this time, my passion for writing instruments and writing culture was also ignited.
After my apprenticeship, I learned to restore and repair antique writing instruments from my father Horst Max Schrage, a master toolmaker.
For more than 15 years I have been a regular visitor and exhibitor at national and international writing instrument fairs, a collector of antique Montblanc writing instruments and a restorer.