Exhibit 10(u)
to the 12/31/2001
Blount International, Inc.
Form 10k

                   BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
             SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
                   FOR RICHARD H. IRVING, III


1.   Purpose   -  The  purpose  of  this  Supplemental  Executive
     Retirement  Plan  (the  "SERP") is  to  provide  Richard  H.
     Irving,  III  (the  "Executive") with a  retirement  benefit
     payable  as  a  supplement to his vested benefit  under  The
     Blount Retirement Plan and the Blount, Inc. and Subsidiaries
     Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan.

2.   Definitions

     a.   Blount Plan is The Blount Retirement Plan, as in effect
          on   May  17,  2000,   and  any  future  amendments  or
          restatements  adopted and effective while Executive  is
          an employee of the Company or its affiliates.

     b.   Company  shall mean Blount International, Inc. and  its
          successors.

     c.   Disability shall mean periods of time during which

          (i)  Executive is totally and permanently disabled, and

          (ii) Executive  is receiving Social Security disability
               benefits.

     d.   Effective Date of this SERP is May 17, 2000.

     e.   Excess   Benefit   Plan  is  the   Blount,   Inc.   and
          Subsidiaries Supplemental Retirement Benefit  Plan,  as
          in  effect  on  May  17,  2000,  including  any  future
          amendments or restatements adopted and effective  while
          Executive  is  an  employee  of  the  Company  or   its
          affiliates.

     f.   Executive shall mean Richard H. Irving, III.

     g.   Internal  Revenue Code shall mean the Internal  Revenue
          Code of 1986, as amended.

     h.   Normal Retirement Date is September 1, 2008.

     i.   SERP  is  this  Supplemental Executive Retirement  Plan
          sponsored  by the Company for Executive, as it  may  be
          amended.

     j.   Termination  Date is the date on which the  Executive's
          employment  with the Company (including any "affiliated
          company" as defined in the Blount Plan) ceases.



3.   Years  of  Benefit Service for purposes of this  SERP  shall
     mean the years of benefit service granted to Executive under
     this  SERP and the years of "Benefit Service" (as that  term
     is  defined  in the Blount Plan) granted to Executive  under
     the  Blount  Plan.  "Years of Benefit Service"  for  benefit
     calculation  purposes under the SERP shall be determined  in
     accordance with the following schedule:

               Years of            Additional          Years of
                Benefit             Years of            Benefit
             Service Under           Benefit            Service
                  the                Service          Under SERP
              Blount Plan          Under SERP

                   1         +          0         =        1
                   2         +          0         =        2
                   3         +          0         =        3
                   4         +          0         =        4
                   5         +          0         =        5
                   6         +          1         =        7
                   7         +          2         =        9
                   8         +          3         =       11
                   9         +          4         =       13
                  10         +          5         =       15
                  11         +          6         =       17
                  12         +          7         =       19
                  13         +          8         =       21
     Age 65       14         +          9         =       23


     Years  of  Benefit Service under the SERP shall continue  to
     accrue  during any period of Disability provided that  Years
     of  Benefit Service continue to accrue for such period under
     the Blount Plan.

4.   Vested  Retirement Benefits payable under  this  SERP  shall
     equal (a) less (b) where:

     (a)  is  the monthly retirement income that would be payable
          to  Executive under the provisions of the  Blount  Plan
          using his Years of Benefit Service, assuming

          (i)  that  in determining the fraction for purposes  of
               Section   6.1(a)(i)  of  the  Blount   Plan,   the
               numerator  shall  be his Years of Benefit  Service
               determined in accordance with Paragraph 3 above at
               his  age  when his employment terminates  and  the
               denominator of which is 23;

          (ii) that for purposes of Section 6.1(a)(ii)(A) and (B)
               of  the  Blount Plan, the Years of Benefit Service
               he  would accrue if he continued to accrue Benefit
               Service to his Normal Retirement Date would be 23;

          (iii)      that  the  Blount Plan does not contain  the
               limitation  on  compensation  imposed  by  Section
               401(a)(17)  of the Internal Revenue  Code  or  the
               limitation on benefits imposed by Section  415  of
               the Internal Revenue Code; and

     (b)  is the sum of (i) and (ii) where

          (i)  is  the monthly retirement income actually payable
               to Executive under the Blount Plan; and

          (ii) is  the monthly retirement income actually payable
               to Executive under the Excess Benefit Plan.

     Vested retirement benefits are payable on or after the later
     of   Executive's   attainment  of  age  55  or   Executive's
     Termination  Date, provided he has obtained a  fully  vested
     interest  under  the  Blount Plan.   No  benefits  shall  be
     payable under this SERP until Executive has obtained a fully
     vested  interest  under the Blount Plan.   No  benefits  are
     payable  during continued employment.  The above benefit  is
     on a life annuity basis payable commencing at age 65.  If an
     optional form of benefit is desired, the benefit above  will
     be  adjusted by the actuarial factors and in the manner used
     by  the  Blount  Plan.  In determining benefits  under  this
     Paragraph  4,  amounts  described in Paragraphs  (b)(i)  and
     (b)(ii)  above that are paid in a form other than a straight
     life  annuity  shall  be valued as a straight  life  annuity
     using  the actuarial factors and in the manner used  by  the
     Blount Plan.

5.   Executive  shall  be entitled to the following  benefits  as
     defined  in  the  Blount  Plan,  which  benefits  shall   be
     calculated on the basis of the benefit formula set forth  in
     Paragraph 4 above:

     a.   Benefits due to the pre-retirement death of Executive;

     b.   Normal  and optional forms of payment under the  Blount
          Plan  provided that, except as provided under Paragraph
          5(d), the form of payment under this SERP shall be  the
          same  as the form of payment elected by Executive under
          the Blount Plan;

     c.   If   Executive  elects  for  payment  of   his   vested
          retirement  benefits to commence prior  to  his  Normal
          Retirement  Date but after 10 Years of Benefit  Service
          as  determined under Paragraph 3, his vested retirement
          benefits will be reduced by .3% for each full month  by
          which  the date his benefits begin precedes his  Normal
          Retirement Date.

     d.   Notwithstanding the above, if Executive's employment is
          terminated  within  24  months following  a  change  in
          control   (as  such  term  is  defined  in  Executive's
          Employment  Agreement) under circumstances  that  would
          entitle  him to severance benefits under his Employment
          Agreement upon such termination, Executive may elect on
          such  form,  and  in such manner as determined  by  the
          Board  of Directors of the Company or its designee,  to
          receive  his benefit under this SERP in the form  of  a
          single  lump  sum payment (regardless of  the  form  of
          payment elected by Executive under the Blount Plan  and
          regardless  of whether a lump sum option  is  available
          under the Blount Plan).  The lump sum payment shall  be
          actuarially   equivalent  to  the  present   value   of
          Executive's benefit under the SERP expressed as a  life
          annuity,  calculated using the same  actuarial  factors
          used  by  the Blount Plan for small benefit  "cash-out"
          distributions.  The lump sum payment shall be  made  to
          Executive within 30 days of the date he would otherwise
          have  commenced  receiving payments under  Paragraph  4
          above.

6.   Successors  and Assigns; Non-Alienation of Benefits  -  This
     SERP  shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon  the
     parties  hereto and their successors and assigns;  provided,
     however, to the maximum extent permitted by law, no  benefit
     under this SERP shall be assignable or subject in any manner
     to  alienation, sale, transfer, claims of creditors, pledge,
     attachment or encumbrances of any kind.  In addition to  any
     obligations  imposed  by  law  upon  any  successor  to  the
     Company,  the  Company will require any  successor  (whether
     direct  or  indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation  or
     otherwise) to substantially all of the business or assets of
     the Company or that acquires a controlling stock interest in
     the  Company  to expressly agree to assume the SERP  and  to
     perform  the obligations under this SERP in the same  manner
     that the Company would be required to perform them.

7.   Administration - The Board of Directors of the  Company  (or
     its designee) shall administer, construe, and interpret this
     SERP.  No member of the Board of Directors (or its designee)
     shall  be liable for any act done or determination  made  in
     good  faith.   Claims  shall be handled in  accordance  with
     Paragraph  10  below and the construction and interpretation
     by the Board of Directors (or its designee) of any provision
     of  this  SERP shall be final and conclusive.  The Board  of
     Directors (or its designee) may, in its discretion, delegate
     its  duties to an officer or employee or committee  composed
     of officers or employees of the Company.

8.   Amendment  or  Termination  - The  Board  of  Directors  and
     Executive  may  amend this SERP from time  to  time  in  any
     respect with the consent of the other party.  This SERP  may
     not be terminated without the consent of the Company through
     its  Board  of  Directors  or its  designated  Committee  or
     officer and of Executive.

9.   Construction of the SERP - This SERP is unfunded.  This SERP
     shall  be  so construed that it will be maintained primarily
     for  the purpose of providing certain retirement, death  and
     disability benefits for Executive.  This SERP and the rights
     and   obligations  of  the  parties  thereunder,  shall   be
     construed in accordance with applicable federal law and,  to
     the  extent not preempted by federal law, in accordance with
     the laws of the State of Alabama.

10.  Denied Claims

     a.   If  any application for payment of a benefit under  the
          SERP  shall  be  denied, the Company (or its  designee)
          shall:

          (i)  Notify Executive within a reasonable time of  such
               denial   setting   forth  the   specific   reasons
               therefore; and

          (ii) Afford  Executive a reasonable opportunity  for  a
               full  and fair review of the decision denying  the
               claim.

     b.   Notice  of such denial shall set forth, in addition  to
          the specific reasons for the denial, the following:

          (i)  Reference to pertinent provisions of the SERP;

          (ii) Such additional information as may be relevant  to
               denial of claim;

          (iii)       An   explanation  of  the   claims   review
               procedure;

          (iv) Advice  that Executive may request the opportunity
               to  review pertinent plan documents and  submit  a
               statement of issues and comments

     c.   Within 60 days following advice of denial of his claim,
          upon  request  made by Executive for a review  of  such
          denial,  the  Company shall take appropriate  steps  to
          review its decision in light of any further information
          or  comments submitted by Executive.  The Company shall
          be  empowered  in its discretion to hold a  hearing  at
          which  Executive shall be entitled to present the basis
          of  his  claim  for  review and  at  which  he  may  be
          represented by counsel.

     d.   The  Company  shall render a decision  within  60  days
          after  Executive's  request for review  (which  may  be
          extended  to 120 days if circumstances so require)  and
          shall  advise Executive in writing of its  decision  on
          such  review,  specifying its reasons  and  identifying
          appropriate provisions of the Plan.

Signed and agreed to as of this 17th day of May, 2000.



                              BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                              By:
                              Its:

                              EXECUTIVE


                              Richard H. Irving, III