i recently had my main forge collapse (irrated millionare neighbor hit it with something because he is in the city and i am in the county diffrent rules than city:mad:) but no need to rush to conclusions. so as you can see i am in need of a new coal/charcoal forge so i wa wondering what type style or design of forge would be best i mainly work on long skinny objects knives and objects of that nature
any suggestions or links would be nice thanks

look at japanese charcoal forges. simple to build (you could make it adjustable by having the wall without the tuyere in it be firebricks or cement blocks) I used a forge like that when using solid fuel and it was great.
For coking fuels...I used a firepot made of a brake rotor with a thin sheetmetal shelf to hold the coking fuels around it.

hope this helps,
Merry Being,
Archie