Here in Alabam and much of the southeast it's Bowie knives that folks got all skeert of back in the 1800's and wrote laws against.
Here's the applicable law for the state of Alabama, but local municipalities can have their own ordinances. Of note, I don't remember the case, but a large kitchen knife was found to be of like kind or description to a Bowie knife.
Section 13A-11-50
Carrying concealed weapons.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, a person who carries concealed about his person a bowie knife or knife or instrument of like kind or description or a pistol or firearm of any other kind or an air gun shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
(Code 1852, §15; Code 1867, §3555; Code 1876, §4109; Code 1886, §3775; Code 1896, §4420; Code 1907, §6421; Code 1923, §3485; Code 1940, T. 14, §161; Code 1975, §13-6-120.)