PARENT AND SUBSIDIARY DEBT GUARANTEES - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 29, 2012
Notes payable due 2014
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	8.95%
Notes payable due 2014
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.75%
Parent Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | Notes payable due 2012
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.90%
Parent Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | Notes payable due 2013
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.15%
Parent Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | Notes payable due 2021
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.40%
Parent Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | Notes paybable due 2022
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	2.90%
Subsidiaries | Notes payable due 2014
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	8.95%
Subsidiaries | Notes payable due 2014
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.75%
Subsidiaries | Notes payable due 2016
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	5.75%
The Black & Decker Corporation
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Percentage ownership in subsidiary	100.00%
The Black & Decker Corporation | Notes payable due 2012
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.90%
The Black & Decker Corporation | Notes payable due 2013
Schedule of Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.15%