Comments by "geodkyt" (@geodkyt) on "A New Enfield for a New War: The No4 MkI" video.

Interesting side note on the No4 Mk1 bayonet. In 1944 they added a cap to the end of the handle for the Pattern 1937 entrenching tool (which was a 1941 update of the Pattern 1908 tool) that duplicated the muzzle.end of the barrel, including the bayonet lugs. While this did allow the use of the bayonet as a handheld weapon or tool (albeit one with a handle about a foot and a half long), the primary reason was to allow the bayonet to more easily work as a mine probe.
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@Penguinius it's better than nothing, but it's something you really don't want to do if you have any other option, especially with more advanced fuzes (such as started to be used by WWII). Super slow and risky - but better than nothing (and possibly faster than calling the engineers forward from division HQ to clear it for you).
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@dorsk84 Surplus stores that handle WWII British kit for reenactors, or even eBay. Look for a Pattern 37 entrenching tool, and check the photos to make sure it has the later handle - the early handles are bare wood at the bottom, with just the metal fitting at top for the e-tool head. The later ones have a metal buttcap with a rod sticking out (that duplicates the barrel profile of the rifle, including lugs). I'd have to check my handles, but IIRC, they omitted the "stop" on the one lug that the rifle has (because it doesn't matter which way is "up" when attaching the bayonet to the entrenching tool handle), or possibly they dropped it as an unnecessary flourish early in production. Pricey, but reliable source: https://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/1937-entrenching-tool-and-pouch-original.html?fbclid=IwAR0o4OA10Z-VZKNjKHCKAA2-PmtKp70x4GBoLNW5aLdhukqEAtRt4NzVQyc
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