I have never paid much attention to him. I would think his knives are not mora like. It just takes practice.

I'm not sure what you are describing but i think i sometimes do similar. Some I do 1 handed.

I am not shaving with my cutlery either but they do work well enough.

I have seen one gizmo at Hida tool that clips on the blade. you could probably come up with something similar a couple narrow strips of wood with some electric tape. that would get you bevels back to flatness and then practice freehanding again.