Bill,

His shop was known as "The Sign of the Sportsman".

A bit more:
http://books.google.com/books?id=U2AEAAA...%22&f=false

There was an article about him, copies are available.
http://www.manatarmsbooks.com/mrsinventory.html

Apparently, his father was a silversmith.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/43852.htm

His will.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths/43855.htm

http://frontierfolk.net/phpBB/viewtopic....05b5b9670a476b6

I found this:
Gunsmith Gilbert Forbes, proprietor of The Sign of the Sportsman at 18 Broad Way, admitted receiving Tryon's money through Matthews and sending one shipment of 20 guns to the British. He claimed, however, that nearly half the guns had been defective and that the real purpose of the money had been to recruit Continental soldiers to the British cause.

This is not a big deal. The British Navy was stopping ships at sea that were loaded with guns for Washington's army that had been produced in England. Everyone was making a profit or trying to...

When you get a chance, please post some pictures.

Pete

http://www.damascus-barrels.com/Movie.html