EXHIBIT 99(.2)




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



     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Blount International, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Calvin
E. Jenness, Vice President - Corporate Controller & Treasurer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (i) The report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
     or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (ii) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
     material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Company.




/s/ Calvin E. Jenness
Calvin E. Jenness
Vice President - Corporate Controller & Treasurer
August 14, 2002