Whenever I sharpen my plane blades, I end up with only the center portion sharpened. For my setup, I use a veritas side-clamling honing guide, and 1,000 grit diamond stone, 5,000 grit ceramic stone, ...

Tools lose their edge and become dull. That’s a fact of their existence. But it’s also a fact that they need not stay that way. Sharpening nearly anything, from a shovel to a putty knife to a plane to ...