KANGARO 23/8H Heavy Duty Staple Pins
KANGARO 23/8H Heavy Duty Staple Pins
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These are heavy duty staple pins for big staplers, the kind you reach for when an ordinary office stapler just bends and gives up. Made in India by KANGARO, size 23/8H.
"23/8" is the size code, and both numbers matter. 23 is the wire gauge, meaning the thickness of the steel the staple is drawn from, about 0.55mm. 8 is the leg length in millimetres. Thicker wire lets the staple be driven hard without buckling, and longer legs reach through a thicker stack, so one 8mm pin goes cleanly through up to 50 sheets of normal paper, around 5mm of paper, in a single push.
What You Get
One sealed box containing 1,000 staple pins, supplied as 10 strips of 100.
The Coating, and Why It Matters
These pins are zinc coated (galvanised), which is KANGARO's standard finish across their staple range. The steel wire is drawn to gauge first, then given a thin zinc plating that gives the pins their silver colour.
That coating is doing real work, and it is worth understanding if you keep stock on a workshop bench rather than in an air-conditioned office.
🛡️ Zinc corrodes before the steel does
It is a sacrificial layer. Humidity attacks the zinc and leaves the steel underneath intact, which is why a galvanised pin survives a monsoon on an open shelf when a bare-steel one would not.
📄 No rust bleed into your paperwork
An uncoated staple left in a document will eventually print a brown stain around itself. Zinc coating is what stops that on files you keep for years.
⚙️ Lower friction in the magazine
The plating is slick, so the strip slides forward under the pusher spring instead of dragging. Dragging is a real cause of jams in heavy duty staplers.
🔗 Adhesive-bonded strips
The pins are glued side to side into rigid strips. The bond is strong enough to hold the strip straight in the magazine, and weak enough to shear cleanly as each staple fires.
Will These Fit My Stapler?
Look at the box your old staples came in. If it says 23/8, these are the exact same thing. If it says 23/6, 23/10, 23/13 or any other 23/-something, that is a different leg length for the same family of staplers, so check before you buy.
Every staple in the 23 series shares the same 12.7mm (½") crown, the flat top bar, which is precisely why they all load into the same magazine and only the leg length changes. So 23/8H fits any heavy duty stapler that takes 23-size staples, whatever the brand, including the KANGARO DS-23 range and long-reach models.
These will NOT fit a small office or pocket stapler. Those take much smaller pins. For those you need KANGARO No.10-1M staple pins instead.
Handy Around the Workshop For
📐 Pattern Card & Templates
📚 Thick Booklets & Catalogues
📦 Closing Cartons & Packing
🏷️ Tagging Sample Cards
🗂️ Bulky Paperwork & Files
🧾 Invoice & Order Sets
Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | KANGARO |
| Size Code | 23/8H |
| Series | 23 (heavy duty) |
| Wire Gauge / Diameter | 23 gauge, approx. 0.55mm |
| Leg Length | 8mm (5/16") |
| Crown Width | 12.7mm (½"), the 23-series standard |
| Base Material | Cold-drawn steel wire |
| Coating / Finish | Zinc coated (galvanised), silver |
| Points | Sharp, sheared points |
| Strip Format | Adhesive-bonded, 100 pins per strip |
| Stapling Capacity | Up to 50 sheets (80 gsm), approx. 5mm stack |
| Staples per Box | 1,000 (10 strips × 100) |
| HSN Code | 83052000 |
| Country of Origin | India |
Before you order: the number on the box matters more than the brand. Match 23/8 to 23/8 and it will work. Store the box closed and dry, because zinc plating resists humidity but does not enjoy standing water. Staple pins are sharp, so keep them out of reach of children.
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