I have taken a page from RandyDance's book of knowledge and began using the Ziploc bowls with lids for my soaps. The Conk glycerine varieties melt easily and conform to the bowl and, with a little more care, so do Ray's glycerine soaps. How to do this with a hard soap such as Taylors for example? I like the bowls because they float around easily in the sink of hot water before and while I shave, and I can just grab it and whip the brush around for a great lather before resting it back down on the water. Then pop the top back on and stack 'em up when I'm done. I even cut out the label from the box or whatever the soap came in and double-side tape it on top of the lid for the bowl it's in. The Taylors cake I have won't fit into anything I have easily though, and with that convex half moon back on it it rattles and spins around in a mug or bowl. Has anyone figured out how to melt these types of soaps safely? I heard someone mentioning shaving them into fine slivers first with a cheese grater. Don't want to go there if I don't have to. Advice would be appreciated.