I went and picked up 2 of these the other week from an outlet store for £24 each in bowls.

https://www.penhaligons.com/blenheim...n-wooden-bowl/

https://www.penhaligons.com/sartoria...n-wooden-bowl/

I had a good smell of them in the store, really nice smelling stuff. I'm going to do a test shave with it when I get the chance this week.

What I wanted to know is does anyone use the bowls, and do they react badly to water? I don't want to lather up using the bowl to find out they soak up water, or swell ect. If they do I'll find something else to drop the soap into.