When I first got my DOVO and got started, I was too excited to notice what appears to be a problem.

With the blade on my hone (DMT D8EE so I know my hone is flat) and the edge facing to the right, if I hold the spine perfectly flat on the hone, the heel of the edge is not touching anything. There is a sort of diagonal rocking axis where if the heel of the edge is touching, it lifts the toe of the spine off the hone, and vice versa.

The spine and edge on the other side of the razor (edge to the left) sit perfectly flat.

I tried working down the toe of the blade, thinking that removing metal from the toe of the edge would bring the heel into contact and produce an even bevel where the spine and edge were both flat on the hone.

I started to notice some significant widening of the bevel at the toe of the edge, and some significant hone wear on the spine, so I stopped and lightly put a shaving edge back on, since this is my only razor. I did notice that there was some improvement in the "rocking" and that the edge is now sharper than it has previously felt like, but I don't want to ruin my first and only straight.

I don't have the money to send it to a hone-meister, or I would. Any suggestions?

All I have is the DMT, and a linen/leather Illinois hanging strop.

Thanks.