The answer is possibly nowhere as I've tried most of the obvious places and no-one seems to have seen anything like them here. I need to fix some barbed wire onto wood and that is what I'd normally use - much better than bent nails! Any ideas much appreciated.

Hi Greenside, I have tried many times and at all the usual places,

to buy staples like that ,but to no avail, they just looked at the

pictures from a UK tool catalog and gave me look like I was

crazy !!

BUT if you do find some let me know

regards Worgeordie

Got mine at Wickes last time I was back in UK

Links below showed about wiring tacker and also size and price of stapers.

http://www.gas-thailand.com/cat32.htm

http://www.telepart.net/index.php?lay=show&ac=article&Id=534293&Ntype=777

Oh I would love to get hold of some fencing staples, If anyone finds some please report back here.

Thanks for the links but what the select band of posters here are after are wire staples for fencing. Given the prevalence of concrete posts to support wire or barbed wire fencing, you can see why demand might be lower than in the UK but I'm surprised to find that no-one here seems to have ever seen one. I guess that means that straining tools are out too...

Good luck! Never have seen them here. I had a friend bring some over from the States. I had to do some wiring and hated those labor intensive little aluminum bands the Thais nail to the wall to strap on the wire.

Try Global House.

Have you tried the brand new, opened last week, Thai Watsadu store? It's located on the superhighway, about 5km or so south of Makro, on left hand side, just before the Saraphi traffic lights. You can't miss it. I pass it everyday, but not been in it yet. It belongs to the Central Group & looks like a home pro type of place. I originally thought the construction site was going to be a new Central Mall, but I was mistaken due to all the Central Group logos on the banners.

Edited June 28, 201214 yr by MESmith

Howdy Greenside.

If no luck comes your way, I'd either 1) stop along the highway and see what exactly the Thais use to fasten their barbed wire with, or 2) buy a lighter gage nail and then after hammering halfway, give a good sideways whack to make my own U nail.