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It depends on how the states concealed laws have been interpreted by the courts.
In Virginia a sheathed knife on a belt is NOT concealed as long as it hangs down from the belt.
Have the sheath be parallel to the belt and you can get nabbed for a concealed weapon.
At least one person got nailed for carrying a mini-revolver on a belt buckle.
The judge said it did not appear to be a real gun and thus was concealed from common observation.
At one point a Vienna town policeman tried charging a concealed knife for a sheathed knife plainly visible.
The policeman actually argued from the stand (under the commonwealth's attorneys questioning) that he could see the sheath, but not the blade, so he charged concealed.
Vienna lost the case, but the defendant still had to pay his attorney.
A careful review of applicable case law may answer you question.
The statute law is very unlikely to be detailed enough.
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