One reader of AWAD sent some information that if you google "frizzen" and "flintlock," you'll get more information about frizzens that frizzles.

Here's one basic hit, for example, but you all can google to your heart's delight:

http://members.aye.net/~bspen/flintlockfaq.html

After a quick review of all the sites that mention frizzens, I'd say the jury is still out...

Blast regards,
WordWeapon Not!


Edit: Here's another frizzen mention from the "How Stuff Works" site, which is a pretty standard kind of site. No frizzle mentioned at all:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/flintlock2.htm