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						June 15, 2005

via U.S. mail and Facsimile

Don Jameson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Handy Hardware Wholesale, Inc.
8300 Tewantin Drive
Houston, Texas 77061

	Re:	Handy Hardware Wholesale, Inc.
Form S-2/A filed June 10, 2005
		and Documents Incorporated by Reference
File No. 333-124252

Dear Mr. Jameson:

      We have the following comments on the above filings.  Where
indicated, we think you should revise your document in response to
these comments.  If you disagree, we will consider your
explanation
as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is
unnecessary.
Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation.  In some
of
our comments, we may ask you to provide us with supplemental
information so we may better understand your disclosure.  After
reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional
comments.

      Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects.  We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review.  Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.

Form S-2/A filed June 10, 2005

Exhibit 23.1

1. Please update the auditor`s consent in the Form S-2/A.  In this
regard, the auditor`s consent should include a reference to the
10-
K/A filed on June 9, 2005.

Closing Comments

      As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in
response to these comments.  You may wish to provide us with
marked
copies of the amendment to expedite our review.  Please furnish a
cover letter with your amendment that keys your responses to our
comments and provides any requested supplemental information.
Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review.  Please
understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing
your
amendment and responses to our comments.

      We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to
be
certain that they have provided all information investors require
for
an informed decision.  Since the company and its management are in
possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they
are
responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they
have made.

	Notwithstanding our comments, in the event the company
requests
acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration
statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such
request,
acknowledging that:

?	should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated
authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
?	the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not
relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy
and
accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
?	the company may not assert this action as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.

	In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in connection with our review of
your
filing or in response to our comments on your filing.

      We will consider a written request for acceleration of the
effective date of the registration statement as a confirmation of
the
fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their
respective
responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public
offering
of the securities specified in the above registration statement.
We
will act on the request and, pursuant to delegated authority,
grant
acceleration of the effective date.

      We direct your attention to Rules 460 and 461 regarding
requesting acceleration of a registration statement.  Please allow
adequate time after the filing of any amendment for further review
before submitting a request for acceleration.  Please provide this
request at least two business days in advance of the requested
effective date.

      Please direct accounting comments to Jennifer Do, Staff
Accountant, at (202) 942-1956 or, in her absence, to Al Pavot,
Senior
Staff Accountant, at (202) 942-1764.  Direct questions on
disclosure
issues to Tamara Brightwell, Staff Attorney, at (202) 824-5221 or,
in
her absence, to the undersigned at (202) 942-1950.

	Sincerely,

	Pamela A. Long
	Assistant Director

cc: 	Lee Thompson
	Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation
	1401 McKinney, Suite 2600
	Houston, Texas 77010
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Don Jameson
Handy Hardware Wholesale, Inc.
June 15, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

         DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE

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