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We Need Better Staplers

ByShrutin Shetty


Pic: source

It took a nice bleeding cut, thanks to a tough staple pin that held some car mats together, for me to realize how hostile the world was for animals.

Staple-less staplers exist, but are far from commonplace. Got to wonder why they are so expensive. A cursory look on Amazon showed the cheapest (mini) stapler available for INR 80, while staple-less staplers seemed to cost around 17x more!

To elaborate a little, while we could get away with folding corners of a few unimportant sheets to keep them together, important documents could risk tearing or getting misplaced.

So, how does one hold larger documents together; fastened with a material that when disposed, does not pose a risk to (external injury to, or if accidentally consumed by) animals?

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  1. There are options of Upins and spiral binding but ofcourse not that everyone can have it, there was a pinless of attaching papers together was hole in corner and thread itthe way we do in exams for supplement sheets or else one can fold the corner tear a small portion in that folded part and again fold it.
    As shown in below image

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    1. There definitely seem to be many options, Swati. Had forgotten the thread to tie exam papers. That brought back a lot of memories about it. =)

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