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any knife can be carried in just about any manner, depending on how it's used and what materials are available for the sheath.
I'd guess, with absolutely no basis in archaeology, that one reason to carry it in the sheath blade-up would be to prevent it cutting through sheaths of poor material quality, and then having that turn into some kind of tradition.
Wearing in front makes it quite easily accessible. For most things.
I have trained for many years in bladework in martial arts, and while no 'expert' by any means, I have learned that you can leverage the relative positioning of any two objects, one of them being a hand. Hands want things to be 'handy' and so one can optimize draw locations based on that or for surprise, let's say.
I have an 18 inch wooden Seax I train with along with sticks and swords and other objects of assorted size and shape.
I LOVE your enthusiasm!
These are things I now think I should have written about here if I wanted easy and simple answers to my own questions.
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