P-14 short bayonet for Enfield

When the British Pattern 1914 rifle was produced, the War Office decided to copy the pattern 1907 bayonet it had used on the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE). Since the dimensions on the SMLE are different from the P-14, requiring a longer cross guard, they are not interchangeable. Therefore, to quickly tell them apart (even in the dark), two grooves were cut into the handles of the bayonets intended for the P-14.