“I’ve sometimes bought things I have no use for, just because I liked the container they came in. Go figure.”
You’re not alone in that “fetish”, lol! There was a brand of jelly that came in an octagonal, tall, jar that I would buy because I really liked the jars for storing herbs, tea, etc in. The jelly was quite good too, so it wasn’t just for the jar. Getting a little further off topic, you mentioned the well built wooden tool boxes... I love those. Most of the tool specific boxes that are made now are junk. Injection molded to fit the tool, but instead of a real hing, the thing just relies upon thin plastic to flex back and forth as the box is opened and closed, which ultimately fails. It might be a tool valued at a few hundred dollars that it protects, complete with foam hollowed out to fit the tool, but the lack of a decent hinge makes the box what I like to refer to a “future trash”. Lol
Re: wooden tool boxes:
It’s odd to me that in the Olden Days, when quality items took longer to make, and people took more pride in their workmanship, so many nice things were actually less expensive than they are today.
-JT