Today, I had a shave with the aggressive side of the base plate of the Apollo razor. Razor blade was a 7 o’clock yellow (second use), and I Coloniali shave soap. There was a lot of blade feel, but the shave was comfortable and “smoothish“. I let the weight of the razor do the work and was mindful of the shaving angles (I rode the cap quite a bit). It was a two pass shave with minimal buffing and a nice bbs shave. If you shave every two to three days, then the aggressive plate is as good as it gets. If you like blade feel and lots of it, this aggressive plate has it in spades. I can see why Errol liked it so much. When I was younger, my daily driver was a Muhle R41 (which I still have). Theses days, my skin prefers milder razors with less blade feel so I’ll be using the milder side of the base plate. Much more comfortable and smoother.