OLDE THOMPSON SINCE 1944Olde Thompson 5.5" Bavaria Adjustable Pepper Mill

Easily adjusted. Looks great on table. Should last a long time.

I tried a bunch of different grinders of similar construction from other companies for my salt, pepper, cumin seeds and other spices. All of them either broke or gave me a carpatonal syndrome.This mill is great with all my spices. It is easy to fill, easy to grind. Glass casing doesn't crack like plastic. Stainless steel grinding mechanism works perfectly.*****This is written 6 month later*******2 out of 7 grinders I bought - broke. The plastic where the grinding mechanism is attached snapped and now it just rotates freely, not able to produce friction, hence no grinding.I kept 5 star rating because I still love the grinders and will buy more. When they work, they work well. Permalink | Why no voting buttons? We don't let customers vote on their own reviews, so the voting buttons appear only when you look at reviews submitted by others.Update from 05/02/2013I bought a few more because they are so convenient. The salt grinders are all still intact. Another 2 pepper grinders broke. They break inside where the plastic meets the grinding mechanism. I use them for peppers and other spices (cumin, coriander).

We've tried so many different styles & brands, spending way too much $$ in the process before we received a set of these at Christmas a couple years ago. I have now bought more to keep other spices in to grind on demand ..they work wonderful, a nice heavy, good quality feeling grinder. I like the glass so you can easily see what's inside, they're pretty enough to display, small enough to keep on the table and we have never had an issue with the quality of the grind ..it's easily adjustable from a fine powdery grind to simply a large just barely cracking the pepper kind of a grind. Very versatile and I LOVE them!

I used a mini-sized set of these grinders in a local high-end restaurant and immediately started looking for a pair for home which I found on Amazon. Have used daily now for five months and am very happy with them. They work great mechanically, are well engineered, look great, adjust particle sizes as usual and easy to use. Note they have caps on the top with o-ring seals to keep moisture out which is a good feature, you remove the caps before using and then push back on after dinner. Quality is outstanding.

Stainless Steel with glass is a good product. Once I learned how this grinds, it is very easy. Very efficient and well made

I love these! Stylish, nicely made and does the job. So glad the container is actually glass and not the plastic resin that Olde Thompson often uses on their products. My only real beef with it is it doesn't grind the pepper course enough for me and course grinds do take a bit of effort. Also the quantity it produces is limited. I guess by now you can tell I'm a pepper freak! They look great on the table though and I do have a much more expensive pepper grinder I use for the serious pepper work! These work just fine for most people. The only other issue is you have to instruct new guests to your table how to use them. Most people are initially confused by the cap and upside down nature of it.

We like our ground pepper! This one has an easy adjustment for coarse or fine grind, so it transitions well from person to person around our large family. No pepper fallout because you set it "upside down" by design. This might irritate you if you want your recently ground pepper to stay strictly on the bottom, but it hasn't bothered us. Easy to use and solid construction. After a few months of usage, it still feels like it will last a long while.TWO YEARS LATER: We used this item frequently for the majority of our meals and we are a large family (so it has gotten a lot of use). Most of this pepper mill is either metal or glass, so it won't break or wear out, but finally the thick plastic frame broke that centers the bolt that holds the nut that allows you to adjust for coarseness. We nearly bought a new one, but instead decided to epoxy the frame crack and the bolt into the frame. With that, it is still working like it did when it was new.

This is perfect! Exactly what I was looking for! I had a salt and pepper set of these and after about 10 years something broke on the grinder part of one. I liked my set so much I wanted to replace just the one that was broken and wasn't sure I'd be able to find something that matched. This was it. I purchased the pepper mill, but I'm actually using it for salt. They are a nice size, they look nice, feel well made and the best thing of all is that the mill is on the top and has a cover--no getting salt & pepper crumbs on your table or counter tops! I highly recommend.

Love this item!! Use it every day!!

excellent pepper mill. Grinds reliably and seals on the top - no more messy cupboards. Got it for a fiver.

excellent used none stop easy to refill.