![]() M1917, the Hughes trench knife and the standard-issue trench knives of the British and French armies, respectively. On 1 June 1918 a panel of AEF officers conducted an exhaustive field test of various trench knives, including the U.S. By 1918 it was apparent that the M1917 and M1918 designs were too limiting to succeed in their intended role, and a new trench knife design was requested. Both the M1917 and M1918 used a triangular blade and a handle equipped with a guard designed to protect the user's knuckles. M1917 and the slightly improved M1918 trench knives designed by Henry Disston & Sons of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ![]() The Mark I was a development of the earlier U.S.
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