AMESTRUE TEMPER, INC.

CERTIFICATIONS

Exhibit31.1

I, Richard Dell, Presidentand Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

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| 1.  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-Q of Ames True Temper, Inc.; |

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| 2.  | Based onmy knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untruestatement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under whichsuch statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this quarterly report; |

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| 3.  | Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this quarterly report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations andcash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented inthis quarterly report; |

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| 4.  | Theregistrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for theregistrant and we have: |

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|   | a) | designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared; and |

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|   | b) | evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the endof the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;and |

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|   | c) | disclosed in thereport any change in the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the registrant's mostrecent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter inthe case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internalcontrol over financial reporting; |

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| 5.  | Theregistrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, basedon our most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committeeof registrant's board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions): |

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|   | a) | all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likelyto adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and |

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|   | b) | any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting; |

Date: August 8, 2005

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|   |  | /s/Richard Dell                                                                 |
|   |  | Richard Dell, Presidentand Chief Executive Officer (Principal ExecutiveOfficer) |
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