Didn't say it won't work, but as for the OP, his skill set isn't at that level...yet. Remember the KISS theory, that's where things need to be with him.

The more complicated things get, the more confusion, takes over. He's already doing enough of that himself, with what he has.

Yeah....if at all possible, post a video of what your doing, or trying to accomplish. And as for your Dovo, I'd bet there was something wrong with it from day one. I've honed plenty of um, and found most to have not been ground properly. Mostly heel and stabilizer issues that cause them to hone a frown. My own, new outta the box, was probably the worst I'd come across. The stabilizer was never ground out too the top of the spine, and the stabilizers were also too thick at the heel. Looked like a wedge, instead of being hollow ground. Sooo, only the heel and 1/3 of the toe were making contact with the hone, until the heel passed the edge of the hone. With a bit of grinding and reshaping, its now better than new.

Mostly I find the stabilizer is too thick at the heel, and need ground more, to obtain the clearance needed for proper honing.

Here you can see where the stabilizer was thinned down.

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