That's excellent, good to hear. The first time I used a straight I also used only my right hand, but the second day I was determined to not get in that habit (not that it matters if you're good only using your dominant hand).
I was glad I did cause being able to use both hands equally as well sure give you more options on attacking from different places.
As far as the hone, I also found that my new razor needed to be touched up (due to my stropping technique, no doubt). I happened to have hones and a 12k with crox seemed to do the trick.