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 Annual Report of Blount International, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Calvin E. Jenness, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
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 as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the
    report.



Date:  November 19, 2004

/s/ Calvin E. Jenness
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Calvin E. Jenness
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer