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I know that bentonite for sure was used straight instead of soap. Even after they started making lard-based soaps, they continued leaving bentonite in the stables to kill the odor even now. Mud is...

Even 13 years back, while living in Serbia and my mom was earning a whopping $5 monthly salary as a prof at the faculty of mining and geology at the University of Belgrade, we still had plenty of...

I don't see why if you come across soil that's almost pure bentonite or kaolinite. That's what people around my dad's hometown did for centuries but the best areas are being exploited for those clays...

If the soil is clay-rich, you could even use some mud to get a better razor glide. Wouldn't be too sanitary, but if you don't have any soap lying around, nothing else would be either.

That's why I lather, strop, rinse, re-lather.

The lather raises the hair to make it easier to cut. It also retains moisture longer. In any case, unless you go crazy with your soap addiction, soaps don't cost much and really add to the experience.