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AMESTRUE TEMPER,INC.

CERTIFICATIONS

Exhibit31.1

I, Richard Dell, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q of Ames True Temper, Inc.;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report doesnot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingwith respect to the period covered by this quarterlyreport;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this quarterlyreport, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this quarterlyreport;

4.    The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and wehave:

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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 the report anychange in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recentfiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in thecase of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; |

5.    Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed,based on 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)  | allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal controls over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s abilityto record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |

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|  | b)  | any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant rolein the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting. |

Date: May  16,2006

|  | /s/ RichardDell                                    RichardDell, President andChief Executive Officer(PrincipalExecutive Officer) |
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