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I can’t contribute a whole lot, I’m very new to this game, I found out what a nut was about 2 years ago, I’ve known about the saddle for a lot longer but still had no idea what they were made of and what effect they have on guitar playability and tone.
I had the pleasure of replacing both the nut and saddle on my guitar a few weeks ago, thanks to your encouragement and instruction @jorgemac . It was very satisfying to make those adjustments. I was mainly aiming at improving the action on all my strings up and down the neck. But I used unbleached cattle bone and I do find it improved the tone, I am not sure what material the guitar had before, it wasn’t specified in the description of the guitar. If it was natural bone then it was most likely bleached because they were a lot more white.
Did you say you notched your saddle? I left mine alone on the exposed side, I did sand it down quite a bit because the ones I bought were very high, and I had to shorten both saddle and nut for proper fit. I have heard that some people put slots in the saddle to prevent the strings from moving up and down. Have you ever done this?