Mark Beard wrote:
I made soap only once… used bacon grease and lye I boiled down from water that soaked through a barrel of wood ash. Trying it out once was enough for me 😆
Take care with that kind of lye - neat Potassium hydroxide will find the fat in your skin to make soap with! But it was ideal in the days when clothes rarely met a wash, especially when you wiped your greasy hands on your clothes!