Welcome to SRP. Good on you for doing the homework on your own and congrats on you success in shaving with a straight. Forum member onimaru55 lives in Sydney and my guess is he would help you out in showing you his honing technique.

Have you seen Josh Earl's tutorial , hone lapping 101 ? It is in the SRP Wiki or in the search function in the forum archives. I do it as Josh instructs on a diamond plate in the kitchen sink with water running the swarf off. Do Xs or circles until the grid is gone. Flip the hone end to end every so often and try and use even pressure.

if you want to give the honing a shot on the Dove check out Lynn's honing video here. Lynn rarely uses tape but if you would feel better about it one layer of electrical tape won't hurt anything. I used to use one layer all the time but after my first year changed to no tape. No worries. Check out Lynn's pyramid guide in the SRP Wiki honing section.