Identification
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The reference
The component itself, described once and linked to every arm it appears on. This is where the identification notes live.
Also filed as “Flintlock Frizzens” — another recorded name for Frizzen. Period, regional and trade terms are all filed against the same entry, so either word finds it.
The steel struck by the flint. Called the battery, or confusingly the hammer, in British usage.
Also filed as “Flintlock Frizzen Springs” — another recorded name for Frizzen Spring. Period, regional and trade terms are all filed against the same entry, so either word finds it.
Returns the frizzen over the pan and holds it closed.
The reference
A component as documented against one pattern rather than in general — the frizzen of a Model 1816 rather than frizzens.
The shop
Listings on this site. Parts already sold stay in the results — the photographs are still the best record of what one looks like.
None of these it? Describe it to Butch — a photograph and a sentence is enough — or post it on the wanted board so a dealer can offer you one.