I looked up the state law (In Ohio, where I'm going to school) and it says you can carry a switchblade as long as it's not concealed...

"Legal Allowed if not concealed; concealed carry allowed with permit or license"


Thats all I could find and now, what would be the difference between concealed and not concealed?

I'm worried about a cop stopping me and frisking me and finding it in my pocket...Would that be illegal? Do I have to carry it where everyone can see it???

I looked up the state law (In Ohio, where I'm going to school) and it says you can carry a switchblade as long as it's not concealed...

"Legal Allowed if not concealed; concealed carry allowed with permit or license"


Thats all I could find and now, what would be the difference between concealed and not concealed?

I'm worried about a cop stopping me and frisking me and finding it in my pocket...Would that be illegal? Do I have to carry it where everyone can see it???While I could not find a statutory definition of concealed for you in the Ohio Revised Code, I know that jury instructions often describe the term as meaning "hidden from ordinary observation so as to prevent disclosure or recognition." When something is in your pocket, it is concealed. If you want to carry your knife openly, get a knife holster and wear it so that the weapon is easily visible. The other thing I should warn you about is that local cops aren't always aware that things may be mandated as permissible by state law, or they may consider local municipal regulations as effective in spite of there being legal blessing on the practice at the State level, which depending upon the statute in question, which I have not read, they may be. For instance, the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio ruled that the open carrying of handguns (in holsters, cowboy style) is a state constitutional right, but if you walk down Main Street in Dublin with a Colt on your hip, you'll probably get arrested anyway.

That's the problem with having a confederacy superseded by a federal law. There's just so many layers that the street level burocrat usely can't keep track of the regulation in force. If you get a holster for your knive and carry it on a belt or something, it just looks like its part of your tools of the trade and I wouldn't guess cops get difficult because of that.

While I could not find a statutory definition of concealed for you in the Ohio Revised Code, I know that jury instructions often describe the term as meaning "hidden from ordinary observation so as to prevent disclosure or recognition." When something is in your pocket, it is concealed. If you want to carry your knife openly, get a knife holster and wear it so that the weapon is easily visible. The other thing I should warn you about is that local cops aren't always aware that things may be mandated as permissible by state law, or they may consider local municipal regulations as effective in spite of there being legal blessing on the practice at the State level, which depending upon the statute in question, which I have not read, they may be. For instance, the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio ruled that the open carrying of handguns (in holsters, cowboy style) is a state constitutional right, but if you walk down Main Street in Dublin with a Colt on your hip, you'll probably get arrested anyway.

Thankfully, you won't in Wyoming. Just don't take it into a bank, government building, or alcohol pouring room (bar).