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If I was going to do bone, I would tint it to look more like old ivory and use a collarless pinning. That would look good.

Yes make the scales like the originals only shorter.

Fun project.

Yup looks good.

I vote for faux Tortoise, white wedge, nickel pins with small stainless domed collars, just to be different or blond streaked horn with triple stacked collars and lead wedge.
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