“I got interested through a friend and sold my motorcycle for my first chainsaw. I started doing my business, Runaway Saws, full time five years ago. My biggest carving was 35-feet tall, and took 100 hours.”

Jeff Klatt; Chainsaw Artist

About Runaway Saws

Runaway Saws was established in 1990 by Jeff Klatt. He has been doing them since as not only a performing artist but also as a means of helping charity events and other venues that need his talented artistic designs. You can learn more about these demonstrations here.

Jeff Klatt

Jeff Klatt has been seen around on various web sites featuring his name because of his nearly 20 years of experience making chainsaw art.

Awards

Some of the various awards Jeff Klatt has received from his chainsaw art include:

• 2006: 3rd Place: Quick Carves, National Chainsaw Sculpting Invitational, Hackensack, Minn.
• 2006: 5th place overall — NCSI

In The News

Jeff Klatt has been in the news for his Carving abilities. This includes the Tri-State Neighbor: South Dakota Farm Newspaper article in early 2006.