Found one of the threads actually…
The Niche did not exist by them. The Kinu M68 was half of the price of what it is now. The HG-1 was… well… Expensive. Single dose grinders were pretty much restricted to manual grinders, or modification of hopper-fed grinders.
https://www.coffeeforums.co.uk/threads/hand-manual-grinder-dilemma.33125/