I have 2 Strykers (small and large, both first production runs from several years ago) and a Voyager clip point. If price is no object, the Benchmade is simply a far better-built knife. In my opinion, it's not even a contest.
And now for the dissenting opinion! After carrying a medium or large folder every day for the last 15 years, I keep coming back to the tanto as the most useful everyday knife. It's not because it "looks neat", but because I find a surprising number of tasks that a drop point or clip point can't do. Anything that requires scraping, for instance, is simply better accomplished with the front bevel of a tanto.
I've got quite a few knives, including a few customs from well-known makers, and most of them are drop points. The knives that end up in my pocket about 80% of the time, though, are the Benchmade Strykers.
As to sharpening, I have no problems - I use a Lansky sharpener and it's relatively easy to put a shaving edge on both bevels.
-=[ Grant ]=-