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Evaluating the back at the edge, it has been rolled over a little. I've worked it to where working the back will most likely not make an improvement , going to have to just wait the edge out with future working of the bevel.
Jim - your description of what shave sharp is what I can get out of some of my chisels, but is not what I get out of my planes.
On plane blades one is more likely to get a small wear bevel forming on the back of the blade. When I notice my blade performance is dropping I try to remember to sharpen right away to avoid increasing the wear bevel. If the wear bevel is gets ahead of me there is a lot of time either grinding with power or by hand on a coarse stone to get back to good metal. Some folks like to use a method called the "ruler trick." It works for many folks but it is not in my repertoire.