There seems to be a confusion (hand raised) between lifting the spine over the hone and lifting the spine off the hone.
Some of this makes the razor sound like a flexible object, like you could bend the spine to keep in contact with the hone.
If you are lifting the spine while the razor is over the hone you are effectively freehanding the blade as you would a knife. Some of us might be skilled enough to keep a small even bevel doing this. I am not.
Finally, there is a difference between regulated torque and lifting the spine? Wait...one more query: rocking would seem to be a literal fact if the spine of the razor is concave...along its length? Doesn't the bevel reflect the spine?