Registration No. 333-19461
                                UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                               _________________

                        Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to

                                   FORM S-8

               REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                               _________________

                                  HUNTCO INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Missouri                                   43-1643751
    (State or other jurisdiction       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
    of incorporation or organization)

                      14323 South Outer Forty, Suite 600 N.
                         Town & Country, Missouri 63017
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

                      Huntco Inc. 1993 Incentive Stock Plan
                        (As Amended and Restated in 1996)
                            (Full title of the plan)
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                               Robert J. Marischen
                    Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                   Huntco Inc.
                       14323 South Outer Forty, Suite 600 N.
                          Town & Country, Missouri 63017
                      (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (314) 878-0155
           (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



                                     PART II

     On January 8, 1997, Huntco Inc. (the "Company") registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the offering of 150,000
additional shares of its Class A common stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Class A Common Stock") pursuant to awards to be made under the
Huntco Inc. 1993 Incentive Stock Plan as Amended and Restated (the
"Offering").  The Offering was registered on Form S-8 and the
Securities Act file number relating to that offering is 333-19461.  No
shares of Class A Common Stock have been sold pursuant to the Offering
as of the date hereof.  The Company desires to terminate the Offering.
Accordingly, the Company hereby removes from registration by means of
this Post Effective Amendment No. 1, 150,000 shares of Class A Common
Stock that are the subject of the Registration Statement.



                                 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 Town & Country,
State of Missouri, on February 4, 2002.

                                        HUNTCO INC.
                                        (Registrant)


                                        By: /S/ Robert J. Marischen
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                                           Robert J. Marischen
                                           Vice Chairman
                                           and Chief Executive Officer


     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 dates indicated.


Signature                      Title                       Date

/S/Robert J. Marischen  Vice Chairman, Chief        February 4, 2002
- ----------------------- Executive Officer and
Robert J. Marischen     President (Principal
                        Executive Officer)

/S/ B.D. Hunter         Chairman of the Board       February 4, 2002
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B.D. Hunter

/S/ Paul M. Green       Vice President and Chief    February 4, 2002
- ----------------------- Financial Officer
Paul M. Green           (Principal Financial and
                        Accounting Officer)

/S/ Donald E. Brandt    Director                    February 4, 2002
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Donald E. Brandt

/S/ James J. Gavin, Jr. Director                    February 4, 2002
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James J. Gavin, Jr.

/S/ Michael M. McCarthy Director                    February 4, 2002
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Michael M. McCarthy