As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 1995.
                                                 Registration No. 33-         


 
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 Washington, D.C.  20549
                                _______________

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                _______________

                        THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                      Maryland                        52-0248090
      (State or other jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
      incorporation or organization)

                              701 East Joppa Road
                            Towson, Maryland  21286
                   (Address of principal executive offices)

            The Black & Decker Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan
                           (Full title of the plan)

                          Charles E. Fenton, Esquire
                      Vice President and General Counsel
                        The Black & Decker Corporation
                              701 East Joppa Road
                            Towson, Maryland  21286
                                (410) 716-3900
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                  including area code, of agent for service)

                                  Copies to:
                          Glenn C. Campbell, Esquire
                             Miles & Stockbridge,
                          a Professional Corporation
                                10 Light Street
                          Baltimore, Maryland  21202
                                _______________
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                          Proposed       Proposed maximum
                                          maximum           aggregate         Amount of
Title of securities     Amount to be   offering price       offering        registration
  to be registered       registered    per obligation       price (1)            fee
<S>                     <C>            <C>                <C>                <C>
Deferred Compensation
Payment Obligations(2)  $50,000,000         100%          $50,000,000          $17,242
<FN>
(1) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee.
(2) The deferred compensation payment obligations are unsecured obligations of The Black & Decker Corporation
    to pay deferred compensation in accordance with the terms of The Black & Decker Supplemental Retirement
    Savings Plan.
</TABLE>
                                      PART II

                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.       Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents filed by The Black & Decker
Corporation (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference and
made a part hereof:

        (a)   The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1994, as amended by the Registrant's Form 10-K/A
filed with the Commission on April 24, 1995;

        (b)   The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
three months ended April 2, 1995;

        (c)   The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
three months ended July 2, 1995; and

        (d)   The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
three months ended October 1, 1995.

        All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.


Item 4.       Description of Securities.

        Under The Black & Decker Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan
(the "Plan"), the Registrant will provide eligible employees the
opportunity to defer a specified portion of their compensation. 
The obligations of the Registrant to pay the deferred compensation,
together with any earnings thereon in accordance with the terms of
the Plan (the "Deferred Compensation Payment Obligations"), are
unsecured general obligations of the Registrant and rank pari passu
with other unsecured general obligations of the Registrant.  This
Registration Statement covers $50 million of Deferred Compensation
Payment Obligations.

        The amount of compensation deferred by each participant under
the Plan will be determined in accordance with the participant's
written deferral election under the Plan.  Obligations in an amount
equal to each participant's Plan Account (consisting of
compensation deferred, matching contributions thereon, and any
appreciation or depreciation of the value thereof) will be payable
in accordance with the distribution options selected by the
respective participants at the time of their deferral election. 
Generally, participants will be allowed the following distribution
options:  (i) the January 1 following the year in which the
participant terminates his or her employment; (ii) upon the
attainment of a specific age after retirement; and (iii) the
January 1 that is anywhere from two to ten years following the year
in which the income was deferred.  Depending on the distribution
election made by each participant, distributions may be paid either
in installments ranging from one payment to ten annual payments or
in a lump sum distribution.  Under certain circumstances, a
participant may elect to further defer payments otherwise
receivable on a specified distribution date but a participant may
make an election to further defer payments only once.  In the event
of a change in control of the Registrant, a participant's Plan
Account will be promptly distributed in a lump sum distribution,
notwithstanding any prior distribution election made by the
participant.  

        All amounts held in participant's Plan Account that relate to
amounts deferred at the option of the participant and earnings
thereon are vested at all times.  Amounts that relate to Registrant
matching contributions and any earnings thereon are subject to a
vesting schedule that provides for vesting at a rate of 20% per
year of service with full vesting after five years of service.  A
participant will be fully vested in his Plan Account if the
participant terminates employment due to death, total and permanent
disability or retirement at or after age 55.  A participant's Plan
Account will also be fully vested upon a change in control of the
Registrant.

        Deferred Compensation Payment Obligations under the Plan may
be indexed to, and earnings or losses will accrue thereon, at rates
equal to the investment returns of specified investment funds less
a hypothetical tax cost to the Registrant for its then current tax
year on the investment earnings credited to each participant's Plan
Account.  The investment funds or options initially available to
participants for their Deferral Accounts are as  follows:  the
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Common Trust Fund, the State
Street Global Advisors Balanced Growth Common Trust Fund and the
Seven Seas Money Market Fund.  From time to time during the life of
the Plan the Registrant may modify the investment funds or options
available to participants.  Prior to making any such changes,
however, the Registrant will advise participants of the change and
give participants the option to specify new investment funds or
options.

        No amounts payable to participants or beneficiaries under the
Plan will, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, be
subject in any matter to anticipation, alienation, attachment,
garnishment, sale, transfer, assignment (either at law or in
equity), levy, execution, pledge, encumbrance, charge or any other
legal or equitable process, and any attempt to do so will be void. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, participants may designate
any person or persons to receive such benefits as may be payable
under the Plan upon or after the participant's death.  If no such
beneficiary designation is made, or if no beneficiary is living at
the time of a participant's death, benefits will be paid to the
participant's spouse, if then living, or to the participant's
estate.

        Deferred Compensation Payment Obligations are not subject to
redemption by the Registrant, in whole or in part, prior to the
distribution dates selected by the respective participants under
the Plan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Registrant
has reserved the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time,
provided that no amendment of the Plan shall deprive a participant
or a beneficiary of a right accrued under the Plan prior to the
date of the amendment.


Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Not Applicable


Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        The Maryland General Corporation Law authorizes Maryland
corporations to limit the liability of directors and officers to
the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except (i)
to the extent that it is proved that the director or officer
actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property
or services, for the amount of the benefit or profit actually
received, (ii) to the extent that a judgment or other final
adjudication adverse to the director or officer is entered in a
proceeding based on a finding in the proceeding that the director's
or officer's action, or failure to act, was the result of active
and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action
adjudicated in the proceeding or (iii) in respect of certain other
actions not applicable to the Corporation.  The Registrant's
Charter limits the liability of directors and officers to the
fullest extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law.

        The Maryland General Corporation Law also authorizes Maryland
corporations to indemnify present and past directors and officers
of the corporation or of another corporation for which they may
serve at the request of the corporation against judgments,
penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually incurred in connection with any
threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation in respect of
which the director or officer is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation) in which they are made parties by reason of being or
having been directors or officers, unless it is proved that (i) the
act or omission of the director or officer was material to the
matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith
or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) the
director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit
in money, property or services or (iii) in the case of any criminal
proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe
that the act or omission was unlawful.  The Maryland General
Corporation Law also provides that, unless limited by the
corporation's charter, a corporation shall indemnify present and
past directors and officers of the corporation who are successful,
on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, against reasonable
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with
the proceeding.  The Registrant's Charter does not limit the extent
of this indemnity.

        The By-Laws of the Registrant permit indemnification of
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the
Maryland General Corporation Law, and the Registrant's directors
and officers are covered by certain insurance policies maintained
by the Registrant.


Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not Applicable


Item 8.       Exhibits.

Exhibit No.         Description of Exhibit

         4          The Black & Decker Supplemental Retirement Savings
                    Plan.

         5          Opinion of Miles & Stockbridge, a Professional
                    Corporation.

        23          Consent of Experts (the consent of counsel is
                    included in Exhibit 5).

        24          Powers of Attorney.


Item 9.       Undertakings.

        (a)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

              (1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                   (i)To include any prospectus required by
section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                   (ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement;
and

                   (iii)To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information
in the registration statement;

        Provided, however, that subparagraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

              (2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

              (3)To remove from registration by means of a post-
effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

        (b)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

                                     SIGNATURES


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Towson, State of Maryland, on December 14, 1995.

                                  THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION
                                     
                                  By:/s/ CHARLES E. FENTON      
                                         Charles E. Fenton
                                         Vice President and
                                         General Counsel

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

        Signature                     Title                 Date      

Principal Executive
Officer

/s/ NOLAN D. ARCHIBALD           Chairman, President     December 14, 1995
    Nolan D. Archibald           and Chief Executive
                                 Officer

Principal Financial
Officer

/s/ THOMAS M. SCHOEWE            Executive Vice          December 14, 1995
    Thomas M. Schoewe            President and Chief
                                 Financial Officer

Principal Accounting
Officer

/s/ STEPHEN F. REEVES            Corporate Controller    December 14, 1995
    Stephen F. Reeves


    This Registration Statement also has been signed by the following
Directors, who constitute a majority of the Board of Directors:

        Nolan D. Archibald*               J. Dean Muncaster*
        Barbara L. Bowles*                Lawrence R. Pugh*
        Malcolm Candlish*                 Mark H. Willes*
        Alonzo G. Decker, Jr.*            M. Cabell Woodward, Jr.*
        Anthony Luiso*


*By:/s/ CHARLES E. FENTON                         December 14, 1995
        Charles E. Fenton
        Attorney-In-Fact
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 1995.
                                                 Registration No. 33-         

 
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                 Washington, D.C.  20549
                                _______________

                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                _______________

                        THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                      Maryland                        52-0248090
      (State or other jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
      incorporation or organization)

                              701 East Joppa Road
                            Towson, Maryland  21286
                   (Address of principal executive offices)

            The Black & Decker Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan
                           (Full title of the plan)

                          Charles E. Fenton, Esquire
                      Vice President and General Counsel
                        The Black & Decker Corporation
                              701 East Joppa Road
                            Towson, Maryland  21286
                                (410) 716-3900
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                  including area code, of agent for service)

                                  Copies to:
                          Glenn C. Campbell, Esquire
                             Miles & Stockbridge,
                          a Professional Corporation
                                10 Light Street
                          Baltimore, Maryland  21202
                                _______________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                          Proposed       Proposed maximum
                                          maximum           aggregate         Amount of
Title of securities     Amount to be   offering price       offering        registration
  to be registered       registered    per obligation       price (1)            fee
Deferred Compensation
Payment Obligations(2)  $50,000,000         100%          $50,000,000          $17,242
(1) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee.
(2) The deferred compensation payment obligations are unsecured obligations of The Black & Decker Corporation
    to pay deferred compensation in accordance with the terms of The Black & Decker Supplemental Retirement
    Savings Plan.
PART II

                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.       Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents filed by The Black & Decker
Corporation (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference and
made a part hereof:

        (a)   The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1994, as amended by the Registrant's Form 10-K/A
filed with the Commission on April 24, 1995;

        (b)   The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
three months ended April 2, 1995;

        (c)   The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
three months ended July 2, 1995; and

        (d)   The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
three months ended October 1, 1995.

        All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.       Description of Securities.

        Under The Black & Decker Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan
(the "Plan"), the Registrant will provide eligible employees the
opportunity to defer a specified portion of their compensation. 
The obligations of the Registrant to pay the deferred compensation,
together with any earnings thereon in accordance with the terms of
the Plan (the "Deferred Compensation Payment Obligations"), are
unsecured general obligations of the Registrant and rank pari passu
with other unsecured general obligations of the Registrant.  This
Registration Statement covers $50 million of Deferred Compensation
Payment Obligations.

        The amount of compensation deferred by each participant under
the Plan will be determined in accordance with the participant's
written deferral election under the Plan.  Obligations in an amount
equal to each participant's Plan Account (consisting of
compensation deferred, matching contributions thereon, and any
appreciation or depreciation of the value thereof) will be payable
in accordance with the distribution options selected by the
respective participants at the time of their deferral election. 
Generally, participants will be allowed the following distribution
options:  (i) the January 1 following the year in which the
participant terminates his or her employment; (ii) upon the
attainment of a specific age after retirement; and (iii) the
January 1 that is anywhere from two to ten years following the year
in which the income was deferred.  Depending on the distribution
election made by each participant, distributions may be paid either
in installments ranging from one payment to ten annual payments or
in a lump sum distribution.  Under certain circumstances, a
participant may elect to further defer payments otherwise
receivable on a specified distribution date but a participant may
make an election to further defer payments only once.  In the event
of a change in control of the Registrant, a participant's Plan
Account will be promptly distributed in a lump sum distribution,
notwithstanding any prior distribution election made by the
participant.  

        All amounts held in participant's Plan Account that relate to
amounts deferred at the option of the participant and earnings
thereon are vested at all times.  Amounts that relate to Registrant
matching contributions and any earnings thereon are subject to a
vesting schedule that provides for vesting at a rate of 20% per
year of service with full vesting after five years of service.  A
participant will be fully vested in his Plan Account if the
participant terminates employment due to death, total and permanent
disability or retirement at or after age 55.  A participant's Plan
Account will also be fully vested upon a change in control of the
Registrant.

        Deferred Compensation Payment Obligations under the Plan may
be indexed to, and earnings or losses will accrue thereon, at rates
equal to the investment returns of specified investment funds less
a hypothetical tax cost to the Registrant for its then current tax
year on the investment earnings credited to each participant's Plan
Account.  The investment funds or options initially available to
participants for their Deferral Accounts are as  follows:  the
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Common Trust Fund, the State
Street Global Advisors Balanced Growth Common Trust Fund and the
Seven Seas Money Market Fund.  From time to time during the life of
the Plan the Registrant may modify the investment funds or options
available to participants.  Prior to making any such changes,
however, the Registrant will advise participants of the change and
give participants the option to specify new investment funds or
options.

        No amounts payable to participants or beneficiaries under the
Plan will, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, be
subject in any matter to anticipation, alienation, attachment,
garnishment, sale, transfer, assignment (either at law or in
equity), levy, execution, pledge, encumbrance, charge or any other
legal or equitable process, and any attempt to do so will be void. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, participants may designate
any person or persons to receive such benefits as may be payable
under the Plan upon or after the participant's death.  If no such
beneficiary designation is made, or if no beneficiary is living at
the time of a participant's death, benefits will be paid to the
participant's spouse, if then living, or to the participant's
estate.

        Deferred Compensation Payment Obligations are not subject to
redemption by the Registrant, in whole or in part, prior to the
distribution dates selected by the respective participants under
the Plan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Registrant
has reserved the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time,
provided that no amendment of the Plan shall deprive a participant
or a beneficiary of a right accrued under the Plan prior to the
date of the amendment.

Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Not Applicable

Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        The Maryland General Corporation Law authorizes Maryland
corporations to limit the liability of directors and officers to
the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except (i)
to the extent that it is proved that the director or officer
actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property
or services, for the amount of the benefit or profit actually
received, (ii) to the extent that a judgment or other final
adjudication adverse to the director or officer is entered in a
proceeding based on a finding in the proceeding that the director's
or officer's action, or failure to act, was the result of active
and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action
adjudicated in the proceeding or (iii) in respect of certain other
actions not applicable to the Corporation.  The Registrant's
Charter limits the liability of directors and officers to the
fullest extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law.

        The Maryland General Corporation Law also authorizes Maryland
corporations to indemnify present and past directors and officers
of the corporation or of another corporation for which they may
serve at the request of the corporation against judgments,
penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually incurred in connection with any
threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation in respect of
which the director or officer is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation) in which they are made parties by reason of being or
having been directors or officers, unless it is proved that (i) the
act or omission of the director or officer was material to the
matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith
or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) the
director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit
in money, property or services or (iii) in the case of any criminal
proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe
that the act or omission was unlawful.  The Maryland General
Corporation Law also provides that, unless limited by the
corporation's charter, a corporation shall indemnify present and
past directors and officers of the corporation who are successful,
on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, against reasonable
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with
the proceeding.  The Registrant's Charter does not limit the extent
of this indemnity.

        The By-Laws of the Registrant permit indemnification of
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the
Maryland General Corporation Law, and the Registrant's directors
and officers are covered by certain insurance policies maintained
by the Registrant.

Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not Applicable

Item 8.       Exhibits.

Exhibit No.         Description of Exhibit

         4          The Black & Decker Supplemental Retirement Savings
                    Plan.

         5          Opinion of Miles & Stockbridge, a Professional
                    Corporation.

        23          Consent of Experts (the consent of counsel is
                    included in Exhibit 5).

        24          Powers of Attorney.

Item 9.       Undertakings.

        (a)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

              (1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                   (i)To include any prospectus required by
section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                   (ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement;
and

                   (iii)To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information
in the registration statement;

        Provided, however, that subparagraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

              (2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

              (3)To remove from registration by means of a post-
effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

        (b)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

                                     SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Towson, State of Maryland, on December 14, 1995.

                                  THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION
                                     
                                  By:/s/ CHARLES E. FENTON      
                                         Charles E. Fenton
                                         Vice President and
                                         General Counsel

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

        Signature                     Title                 Date      

Principal Executive
Officer

/s/ NOLAN D. ARCHIBALD           Chairman, President     December 14, 1995
    Nolan D. Archibald           and Chief Executive
                                 Officer

Principal Financial
Officer

/s/ THOMAS M. SCHOEWE            Executive Vice          December 14, 1995
    Thomas M. Schoewe            President and Chief
                                 Financial Officer

Principal Accounting
Officer

/s/ STEPHEN F. REEVES            Corporate Controller    December 14, 1995
    Stephen F. Reeves

    This Registration Statement also has been signed by the following
Directors, who constitute a majority of the Board of Directors:

        Nolan D. Archibald*               J. Dean Muncaster*
        Barbara L. Bowles*                Lawrence R. Pugh*
        Malcolm Candlish*                 Mark H. Willes*
        Alonzo G. Decker, Jr.*            M. Cabell Woodward, Jr.*
        Anthony Luiso*

*By:/s/ CHARLES E. FENTON                         December 14, 1995
        Charles E. Fenton
        Attorney-In-Fact