Abstract: A device for the permanent binding of sheaves of paper and method for using it to fasten sheaves of paper are disclosed. The device includes a rod made from synthetic material whose diameter is smaller than that of the perforations in the sheaf of paper to be joined, ending at one end in a checker stop for limiting insertion and in the other end in an entry zone of diminishing section. The rod is fitted with a metallic, cylindrical and hollow sleeve, whose outside diameter is slightly less than that of the perforations of the sheets to be joined. At one end, the sleeve has a checker stop for limiting insertion into the sheaf of paper and, at the other end and on the inside of the opening an annular engaging surface having a diameter which is slightly smaller than that of the rod. When sleeve is moved over the rod, the engaging surface engages the rod to retain the rod.