Dear Possum & other keris lovers,
On the contrary, Lok 3 keris are produced more compare to lok 5, 7 & so on as according to Malay's belief, the more loks the keris is, the higher the position the bearer (and more talismanic values). However, since lok 3 was reserved to the lowest ranking courtiers, they are not really appealing to current collectors due to obvious reasons, furthermore, most of the lower ranking courtiers, after their retirement, mostly they just disappeared (because they were less significant) thus less we see lok 3 keris nowadays. This principle does not apply however, to straight blades.
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