This is a pepper mill set made out of Padauk wood. Padauk wood is an orangish reddish-brown exotic wood. The pepper grinder is made to look like an antique grinder and the salt mill is turned to match the wood. The antique style grinder has a metal grinder in it and can only be used for pepper or spices without salt. The salt grinder is a ceramic grinder made to grind salt or pepper.