be advised that some cities in Nebraska, like Hastings, make it a crime to conceal any knife longer than 3 inches.
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/epubs/R8000/Q001-2007.pdf old pre CHP list, but probably still in effect concerning knives
Hastings City Code
21101.
Carrying concealed weapons.
No person in the City shall wear under his clothes, or conceal about his person, or display in a
threatening manner, any dangerous or deadly weapon including, but not by way of limitation,
any pistol, revolver, sling shot, crossknuckles
or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any
bowie knife, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any knife with a switchblade
or device
whereby the blade or blades can be opened by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle or other
mechanical contrivance, or a pocket knife having a blade of more than three inches in length.
(Code 1973, 391;
Ord. No. 1750)
Reference: For state law authorizing City to regulate, punish, etc., the carrying of concealed
weapons, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 1943, Section 281201
et seq.
http://www.cityofhastings.org/city_code/index.htm