Interesting thread!
I buy bulk from BJ's for my short term shtf TP needs, as much as I can store, its a commodity which will always be used.
Ive always been fastenated with making paper but never tried. I've seen shows showing how the Chinese have been doing it for thousands of years, fastenating. Never really thought about doing it for a shtf scenario. The person who can make TP would be king in TEOTWAWKI scenario!
You just make highly saturated pureed paper water solution then screen it out in sheets. It takes a huge degree of skill to get the thickness and consistancy right. Plant pulp was used
Many times I have taken newspaper/magazines, crumpled it soft and used that. Bet the majority of sheeple wouldnt even think of doing that!
Makes storing Clorox even more important for disinfecting our rags or maybe even dying the paper we make.
Luckily, in FL we have better water options for washing rags.
Just my $0.02 rambling thoughts on TP