Enfield No. 7 Mk I (Swivel Pommel) bayonet and scabbard. This design was approved in 1945 and was designed as both a fighting knife and a bayonet. It can also be used on the Sten submachine gun. The brown / orange hilt is made from plastic and other composite materials. The No. 7 Mk. I/L was a very innovative and complex design, with a unique swiveling pommel. Part knife bayonet and part socket bayonet, the No. 7 Mk. I/L would mount to the Lee Enfield No. 4 rifle and the Mk. V Sten submachine gun. The No. 7 Mk. I/L (number seven, mark one, land service) was intended to address a number of desires: 1) Replace the No. 4 spike bayonet (that nobody liked); 2) Utilize the clip-point blade of the No. 5 Mk. I bayonet (that everybody liked); and, 3) Serve a dual role as a fighting knife. Despite all of it's ingenuity, the No. 7 Mk. I/L came to prove the old adage that a camel is a horse, as designed by committee. Although capable of mounting to the No. 4 rifle, these bayonets were not issued as such, only being used with the No. 4 rifle for ceremonial purposes. The grip scales are made of a resin impregnated cloth composite, Paxolin, and have deep finger grooves to allow use as a fighting knife. Examples are also found with black grips. 176,000 No. 7 Mk. I/L bayonets were produced. The design was perfected by the Wilkinson Sword Co., who produced 1,000 bayonets in 1944. Mass production was carried out by four manufacturers from 1945–1948: Birmingham Small Arms, Ltd. —25,000; Elkington & Co. Ltd., Birmingham —20,000; Royal Ordnance Factory, Poole —30,000; and, Royal Ordnance Factory, Newport —100,000.