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Thanks for all the suggestions. I really liked the idea for countersinking the pin holes. I was actually thinking of replacing the pins with a torx screw. ( I use mostly with knives )

The...

I tried cutting the shape out with a Dremel tool. Smelly, slow and tricky. A normal wood coping saw ended up working best.
The horn was 3/16" thick, so not too much thicker than it needed to be. ...

So here are my hi-res images.
I am looking for critique and suggestions, so please don't spare my feelings :)

You can see on the photos a little damage to the scales ... i dropped them in the...

I decided to try my hand at the restoration of a straight...
I talked with a guy down at the local knife shop and ended up buying some buffalo horn to make the new scales with. I had this grand...