Yes it does. My point exactly. 
Give it a try. I think it still would work with the zip tie idea. But save the time it takes to flip the knife over for use.
PS, what state are you in where you can’t carry a fixed blade?
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I was wondering the same thing. Such a stupid law, want to make sure I never move there!
WOW! I checked my Oregon Rules and found that an Assisted Opening knife is illegal if concealed! …and yet my flipper is OK. 
I am probably misunderestimating this.
Also what’s a slungshot? Nevemind
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Colorado is a bit different. A blade has to be over 3.5 inches to be considered a weapon. So anything at or under that is OK to be concealed. Assisted, OTF, etc. OK
Anything over that is OK to be carried in the open, but not concealed. So my Spyderco Police (and quite a few other knives that I sometime carry) is illegal in my pocket ??? So I think you can carry about anything in a belt sheath in the open.
The exception is a hunting or fishing knife (???) Whatever that is and how you would prove it one way or another, I am not sure.
All very stupid to me, but I checked and that is the way it is.
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My sentiments too.
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In my part of California, all A/Os (that I know of) are legal, but automatics must have a blade length under two inches.
I think that’s a pretty dumb law, but since I don’t even like the automatic that I have, it doesn’t affect me much. 
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Either the laws in AZ barely restrict anything, or nobody cares. I’ve seen machetes, all forms of auto & assisted and damn near everything else concealed or open carried.
Not saying you wouldn’t get talked to by the cops or barred from entering some places, but it feels quite Wild Westy. As long as you’re not using it AS a weapon, there rarely seems to be much attention paid to it.
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