Exhibit 32.1

                            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 on Form 10-Q of Lincoln
Electric Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") for the nine months ended September 30,
2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the "Report"), each of the undersigned officers of the Company certifies,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer's knowledge:

         (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 as of the dates and for the periods
                  expressed in the Report.

Date: November 6, 2003

                                  /s/ Anthony A. Massaro
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                                  Anthony A. Massaro
                                  Chairman, President and Chief Executive
                                  Officer

                                  /s/ H. Jay Elliott
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                                  H. Jay Elliott
                                  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                  and Treasurer

         The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a
separate disclosure document.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signatures
that appear in typed form within the electronic version of this written
statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Lincoln Electric
Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") and will be retained by the Company and furnished
to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.