I have a 51 vacumatic that my Grandad gave me as I was going into the third grade [early 1950's]. The pen is 1946/47. I still write with it daily. It has never been disassembled. The plunger can be a bit erratic at times. But it fills and writes the same as it always has. I have flushed it occasionally with distilled water over the years, but as it is always inked and used so even that practice is rare. Suppose that some day I may have to have the "vacuum sac and ball" replaced....... but not yet!
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