I have a few small sample chunks of shaving soap. One is a small pat of menthol soap and another is a couple of small chunks of bald frog. I'm not sure how to use them. I know what I would do with a tub or puck of soap, but there's no way I can lather a tiny piece of soap in a way I would a puck or tub. I have a small shaving bowl that I use for my cream.

So how do I use these?

Somewhat odd story: I'm a teacher and my class and I were learning about a short story called "Lather and Nothing Else" that's basically about a tyrannical Mexican captain who comes to a barber shop for a shave...straight razor of course. In it, the barber is depicted as having a bar of shaving soap that he cuts off small shavings of and lathers with water in a mug. Is that even a viable way to lather soap? That was the method that popped into my head about these samples, but I also know it's a work of fiction and such things are rarely fully realistic.