Wooden Soap Bowls


received this today, i've not soaked it but at face value it appears to be good quality, my only gripe is there is a strange mark right in the centre of the lid, I dont know if its caused in turning but for £5 its good quality.[attachment=0]
 
How long are you going to soak it for? Is there a danger it might warp if you soak it? Maybe one of the member's with woodworking experience can comment.
 
Sorry, soak was the wrong word I meant more of a scrub as there is quite a strong but not unpleasant smell to it, like it's been sprayed with cologne, I doubt very much there will be any staining from this bowl as mentioned in earlier posts.

I'm going to be grating some palmolive into this and am quite tempted to get another for some mama bears.
 

Turns out it was a hole that had been filled in with some putty
 
It looks very much like the one I bought for £3 from ebay, but from a different seller. It's fine now it's stopped leaching the stain out of it, although it looks a bit washed out.

Coincidentally I've just won a beech bowl from Connaught on ebay - £3.45 posted