Commercial Grade Wok Shovel & Ladle Set, Wood Handle (#2 (18"L))

What's not to like? These are beautiful to the point of being works of art. The weld, polish, overall quality, and heavy grade of steel is perfect for a life-long tool. The balance is excellent; these tools are meant to be used! One tip about the wooden plug handles: give them a wipe-down with food-grade mineral oil from time to time, like should be done with any good wooden bowl or cooking spoon or stirrer. This prevents swelling and shrinking and eventual loosening or splitting. It also makes it much easier to clean the wooden grip from hand and food staining. I've got wooden bowls that have lasted decades in wonderful condition despite being used for soups and stews all that time. Regular wiping down with mineral oil is the secret. (Wood makes the best handle grips and eating ware because it is both insulating and pathogenic. Germs don't survive on wood like they do on plastic ware, and holding a hot bowl of food feels comfortable on the hand, thanks to the natural insulation of the wood container. Water is the enemy of wood, and a good mineral oil coating soaked into the wood pores is the answer to handles, containers, and tools.

Works well with our 22” wok. The wood handles came off in the beginning but all I had to do was turn it upside down and bang the wooden part against the counter to push it into the metal and now it’s stuck. Best wok utensils

Happy with these new wok tools. Handles were not lose but I grasped the metal portion of handle and gave the wooden end of handle a few good whacks on the countertop to firmly seat handles. I then applied Boos wood oil a couple of times to the wood, wiping excess off. Hand wash your wooden handled utensils for long life. Wood can shrink with age.

The wooden handle came out of the ladle but I tightened back, can't wait to use it on my wok. I have been using the plastic spatula for a month or so. I forgot that Amazon had these items was going to go to Chinatown and get from 99 Ranch market. Thanks Amazon.

The utensils themselves are sturdy and functional. The handle is terrible; a 3" wooden thing. I need to find a wood dowel and make my own. The wood part of the handle needs to be a good 4" longer so that you don't have 2-3 fingers on the metal part of the utensil. Made in China.

Unlike what other purchasers have experienced, the wooden handles on my examples were firmly inserted and attached. The finish of the metal is excellent as I saw very little defects, very highly polished.I suspect that there has been quality control issues in the past which the manufacture intends to correct.There’s even now a sticker that says that the handles are inserted into the metal shafts without any nails/screws so that they can be replaced when worn. When these wooden handles get cracked or split I intend to make some new ones out of Hickory that’s just a given with these type of imported kitchen tools.

These fit the curve of the wok perfectly and are light and long enough to keep the heat off the hands

The metal seems well made, however the wooden handle was not attached in one of the tools out of the box. Also the wood on the tools dont match each other. I was going to keep them anyway until I realized that the handle wasn't attached. These will be returned and I will purchase from a different manufacturer. No attention to detail here.

I only gave it a 4 star because the handle itself is wood and will slip off as there is nothing screwed in. The solution I did to this is tap the end gently into the handle. Then swell it up with water like throw it in the dishwasher after a little bit the handle will stay in no problem. I also used beeswax on the wooden part to prevent from dry wood cracking. It is dishwasher safe and the product came as expected. I these everyday in my wok cooking and they are amazing. Just wish the wooden handles were a bit sturdier out of the package. Now that I have the wooden handle swollen no issues with it at all. A little work you need to do with the handle, otherwise would recommend to buy them.