Type of cylinder hone preferred

For deglazing a cylinder, what is the preferred type of hone--a ball hone or the three-headed grinding stone variety? I imagine either would do a decent job of cleaning and cross-hatching the cylinder, but it seems the ball version would do a better job of smoothing all the port edges, whereas the stone variety would sharpen them. Opinions?

As far as I know your suppose to chamfer the edges of the ports ? Lots of this stuff on you tube also, I guess the amount of material would tell you the answer.

I would spend some time taking the edges off the ports once honing completed

I have spent 1/2 my working life doing engine reconditioning and I would NEVER use a ball hone on a two stroke.
The bore on anything should be round and the ports on a two stroke should have a small chamfer to stop the rings catching.
A ball hone will give you a bloody big chamfer just like a worn out two stroke.

I was just thinking that myself. I have only used the ball hones I got from an old shop on my Suzuki 850 when I replaced the cylinders. I did not like the idea of the balls springing into and out of the ports