While looking after Julie's kitty T-Bone last week, I was reminded what a fabulous tool her pepper mill is. It's a traditional Turkish brass coffee grinder, which is super easy to refill with peppercorns and effortlessly grinds prodigious amounts of fine pepper in seconds. The little cup on the bottom is great for collecting all the pepper you need without the sneezy pepper dust factor -- not to mention the fact that it won't leave pepper fairy rings all over your table and counters. (Bewildered guests will often give the grind lever a couple of turns over their food before realizing that the cap has now collected a tablespoon of pepper.) Julie has had hers for probably ten years now, and its grinding mechanism still works perfectly.
I got one similar to the one pictured at left at the bazaar in Istanbul, for what I'm sure was the astronomical tourist's price of $12 (which is about 16,000,000 Turkish lira). Can't make it to Turkey this year? eBay often has an assortment of grinders like this one, which is being offered for $19.50.
I have one of these. I use it for the normal purpose, which is a grinder for turkish coffee, which has to be ground very fine, even finer than an espresso grind. Using it as a pepper mill is an interesting idea, though, and it should give a very even grind.