Fuck the knife length laws! I carried a short sword around for three days! No I didn't. That was a lie.
I did carry a baseball bat, a short bow, and a pickaxe around on separate occasions though. You know those looks you get when you are carrying a pickaxe? Like honey sweet nectar. Baseball bat? Naw, too normal. Short bow? Naw, people don't notice that for some reason. Pickaxe? Holy fuck, they look at you like you are going to go apeshit on them. I love it. You owe it to yourself to, at least once in your life, walk down the street with a pickaxe on your shoulder. It's like a comedian said about walking a pitbull. "People just get the fuck out of your way."