I was under the impression we would be capped at 6 philo items per day (3 ixali oaknots). Where are you getting this 6 number from? I'm assuming its due to having 6 daily allowances but we are only permitted with 3 for the specific quests that drop Oaknots.

Perhaps you meant that once reaching rank 7 you would be allotted 6 allowances for the Oaknot quests?