Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned Directors and Officers of The Black & Decker Corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitute and appoint Nolan D. Archibald, Michael D. Mangan and Charles E. Fenton, and each of them, with power of substitution, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact with full power to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below, a Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Debt Securities of the Corporation.

/s/ NOLAN D. ARCHIBALD Nolan D. Archibald		Director, Chairman, President and Chief     Executive Officer (Principal Executive     (Officer)		October 18, 2006
/s/ NORMAN R. AUGUSTINE		Director		October 18, 2006
Norman R. Augustine
/s/ BARBARA L. BOWLES		Director		October 18, 2006
Barbara L. Bowles
/s/ GEORGE W. BUCKLEY		Director		October 18, 2006
George W. Buckley
/s/ M. ANTHONY BURNS		Director		October 18, 2006
M. Anthony Burns
/s/ KIM B. CLARK		Director		October 18, 2006
Kim B. Clark
/s/ MANUEL A. FERNANDEZ		Director		October 18, 2006
Manuel A. Fernandez
/s/ BENJAMIN H. GRISWOLD, IV		Director		October 18, 2006
Benjamin H. Griswold, IV
/s/ ANTHONY LUISO		Director		October 18, 2006
Anthony Luiso
/s/ ROBERT L. RYAN		Director		October 18, 2006
Robert L. Ryan
/s/ MARK H. WILLES		Director		October 18, 2006
Mark H. Willes
/s/ MICHAEL D. MANGAN Michael D. Mangan		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial     Officer (Principal Financial Officer)		October 18, 2006
/s/ CHRISTINA M. MCMULLEN Christina M. McMullen		Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)		October 18, 2006