Exhibit 31.1



                          CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
                                SECTION 302 OF
                        THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, James S. Osterman, certify that:


1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Blount
     International, Inc.;


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


3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
     material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
     flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     quarterly report;


4.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
     defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant
     and we have:


     a.   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
          disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
          supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
          registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
          to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
          period in which this report is being prepared;


     b.   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
          and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
          the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
          the end of the period covered by this report based on such
          evaluation; and


     c.   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
          control over financial reporting that occurred during the
          registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
          affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
          registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and


5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
     our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
     to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's
     board of directors:


     a.   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
          or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are


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          reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
          record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


     b.   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
          other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
          internal controls; and


6.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have indicated in this
     quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in
     internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect
     internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,
     including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies
     and material weaknesses.





Date: May 12, 2004


/s/ James S. Osterman
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James S. Osterman
President and
Chief Executive Officer