Sharpening plane irons

[bulerias1981]

I'm trying to sharpen one of my plane irons again and getting odd results.

Even after truing the stone following the proceedure from the video and book and/or dressing the stone, the right edge of the stone about 4mm is the only area that seems to cut well and quickly. Making an uniniform cut. The rest of the stone doesn't seem to eat enough material. I'm not sure if its higher at the edge 4mm or so, or the ceramic there is more abrasive so it cuts more. Either way I did true the stone paralell to the universal support bar and checked it by lowering the bar and saw that the light was even shining through. Please, some advice here.

[Jeff Farris]

True it again, taking a slightly deeper cut.

[bulerias1981]

The slightly deeper cut worked. I did it before receiving your message. I'm not sure if I understand why, but its cutter better. Also much more coarse and cuts quicker. I wish it could be like that all the time.

My plane iron is almost perfectly straight and square. Thank you!