Welcome to TSR! From what I've seen this soap making business is a real labour of love. You're very unlikely to make much money out of it, I think most people do it for pleasure and satisfaction. So if you know that then go for it I say! You will get some advice here but I reckon you're going to have to trawl about the net and look in your local library first to just get the basics. There is a thread early on where soapalchemist (Sharon) is starting out on her shaving soap 'journey' and gets a lot of advice and feedback so worth searching that out. She was already an established soap maker then so was really just finding ways to adapt her recipe to suit wet-shavers. Anyway, good luck and let us know how you get on. I'm sure there will be many here willing to accept samples for feedback.