I the Visayas you do see some tenegre pieces from Panay where some of the pommel heads are of solid horn. More often the hand guards (where one exists) are of horn.
In Luzon you will find more horn hilts. Many of them come from the lowlanders like Batangas, the Tagalog regions, and Ilocos Norte. Many katipunan and 1st PI republic era pieces have horn hilts.
Also, I forgot that some Moro gunongs have horn hilts.
Here is an example of what I call a Katipunan horn hilted bolo in my collection:
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