Thread: Confessions of a First Time Honer ...

Keeping flat on the hone is also muscle memory, even with a flat hone. Trying to do very light pressure and still keeping the whole blade flat while the scales try to tip the blade off the hone takes some practice.
If you don't mind using that same razor, just keep doing laps (with taped spine) to develop that motion, watching the water, adjusting finger balance, etc
In about three months I'll have been at this a year and still working out the kinks.
Best if luck - it'll all be worth it when you get that perfect edge.