Ames Companies 10-Q 2008 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Ames True Temper, Inc. (the ‘‘Company’’) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 28, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the ‘‘Report’’), I, David M. Nuti, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ David M. Nuti                                                            
David M. Nuti
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
August 11, 2008