To prevent the transfer of heat to the handle. ie. So you won't burn yourself when you pick it up.
Insullation to stop you getting burnt
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Wooden handles do not get hot and burn your hand.
Wooden handles on cooking pots do not get as hot as non-wooden handles, making them easier and safer to pick up and move them around.
Heating the metal tool expands them. After fitting the wooden handles the tools are allowed to cool and, as they do so, they contract so that they grip the handles tightly.
to prevent the cooker or chef from burning his or hers hands.
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axe, hammer, broom
Wooden handles and hardened steel axe head.
Wooden handles and hardened steel axe head.
Fiberglass will be more durable, but can cost a bit more than spade handles.
An flint knife!
The main reason that metal cooking utensils have wooden handles is to prevent you from burning yourself. Heat is easily transferred in metal. With a wooden handle, you have a very very very low chance of burning yourself. (Unless you touch the metal of course)
The wood wont conduct the heat from the hot metal pan