hi all,
picked up this sweet pepper grinder by nissen (with peugeot grinder) and was wondering if the holes on the top are supposed to be a salt shaker element ?
if they are i can't for the life of me see how you would open the thing to get the salt in ? i've tried 'coaxing' the top button to see if it comes off but no luck and don't want to get too aggressive with it !
any help appreciated !
cheers,
bb
hi all,
just thought i'd share this rather wonderful site with you all : http://www.teakpepper.com/teakpepper/. if it's vintage teak pepper mills that floats your boat then this is the place for you !
mcm seems to inspire a rather old fashioned type of fanaticism that is pretty special !
i tried contacting the author of the site but the contact function on the site isn't working. still a great site though.
also taking this opportunity to post a new photo of the pepper mill to show you all more clearly how the mill looks.
cheers,
bb
thanks leif,
i think so too. the attached photo shows the grain of the button doesn't match the top of the mill so clearly not one solid piece ... but no amount of tying to weedle it out with my bare hands has had any impact and i'm kind of nervous to try anything more drastic.
i also pushed a needle into the top holes and there is definitely empty space behind so i'm still thinking salt shaker.
again, if anyone knows for sure then i'd appreciate their help 🙂
cheers,
bb
I recently got two teak salad bowls that were jammed together so tightly that i didn't think I'd ever get them apart. I finally resorted to pouring a thin trail of salad oil around the upper one where it met the lower one and then just let it seep in for an hour or two. I added some more after the first application had a chance to soak in.
After letting it sit for a few hours, I held onto the upper one and tapped gently at the lower one in kind of a downward motion with a dead blow hammer and it popped right off.
I don't know if you can grip the little knob of the grinder and still have enough room to hit the rest of the thing with a mallet---maybe oiling alone will be enough that you can twist it out?
If this works, just blot out any excess oil from inside the salt shaker and then let it sit for a few weeks before adding more salt (if you even want to fill it). The wood will absorb the oil over time so that fresh salt won't get caked up from it.
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