Grain direction and stone points

[Stone Knife]

When you cut in the slot to attach stone points does it matter what direction the grain in the wood is?

[adeeden]

I normaly cut against the grain. 3 hacksaw blades taped together work pretty good for the slot as a rule, then I sand down from there.

[Killdeer]

Yup. I use a coping saw and a dremel. 90 degrees to the grain.

Killdeer

[George Tsoukalas]

There's a coupe things to consider. Are you using machined shafts hand planed or a shoot shaft? With a shoot shaft it's a moot question.  I cut my self nocks perp to the grain. I like my points mounted horizontally out of my line of site. I don't shoot stone but make trade points. Therefore, the point has to be mounted with the grain. I wrap sinew behind the point so it won't split. Jawge