A private house of accessories

Objects worth displaying. Not hiding in a drawer.

Herb & Steel is a curated house for grinders, shredders, and the small objects around them — chosen the way you'd choose a watch. We keep the pieces built to be seen, gift them in boxes worth keeping, and quietly turn away everything else.

Editions on the shelf
40
Houses represented
12
Pieces that pass the bench
1 in 7

The house selection

Boxed, sealed, and worth the shelf.

We start where it matters: the curated boxes. Each one is a finished setup — matched pieces, chosen to sit well together and gift well as one. Everything else on the site builds toward these.

No. 01
Edition of 60 · hand-numbered

The Collector’s Gift Set

Our fullest expression — presented in a linen-lined keepsake box with a numbered brass plate. The pieces we'd keep for ourselves, boxed as one.

  • Brilliant Cut 4-piece grinder, anodised gold
  • Santa Cruz hemp shredder
  • Hand-turned walnut catch-tray
  • Full-grain leather roll
  • Solid brass storage tin
II Made to order

The Desk Setup

For the founder’s desk

  • Stainless 3-piece grinder
  • Stone catch-dish
  • Matte storage jar
  • Trimming card
III Made to order

The Travel Kit

Sealed for the road

  • Mini 2-piece grinder
  • Zip leather case
  • Airtight glass vial
  • Slim folding tray

The directory

Find your piece by hand.

Three ways in. Narrow by the things that actually change how a piece feels — the metal, the footprint, the number of chambers.

The names we keep

Houses we carry.

A short list on purpose. We stock the makers whose work survives our bench — and we say no to a lot more than we say yes to.

  • Santa Cruz Shredder Shredders, from the beginning
  • Brilliant Cut Precision-milled grinders
  • Cookies Culture-first accessories
  • Rasta Colour and craft
  • Frank White Considered everyday pieces
  • Not on the list? See how a house earns its place

The house criteria

Three standards, no exceptions.

The whole business is deciding what not to sell. Here's exactly how a piece earns its place — the same three tests, every time.

I

It has to pass the bench

Every piece is handled, weighed, and cycled at least fifty times before it earns a listing. If the threads bind or the catch spills, it never makes the site.

II

Materials we can name

We only list pieces where we know the alloy, grade, or wood — aircraft-grade aluminium, 304 stainless, food-safe finishes. Stated plainly. No mystery metal.

III

One in seven makes the shelf

For every piece we keep, we turn away roughly six. The curation is the product; the catalogue stays small on purpose, so a “yes” from us means something.

— The Herb & Steel bench

By invitation

First access to the editions.

The best boxes are numbered and small. Join the private list and you'll hear about new editions and gift sets before they reach the floor — and never more than twice a month.

No noise. Just editions, and the occasional guide.

  • Numbered drops, first
  • Gift-set previews
  • Members-only bench notes