Most Sith after the fall of the ancient Sith Empire wielded lightsabers in combat, though some still preferred ancient Sith war swords. Sith warriors used them for the feeling of hard metal cutting through soft flesh, and possibly for its more traditionally Sith appearance. Also, around the time that the Dark Jedi Exiles met with the original Sith on the planet of Korriban, Dark Jedi/Sith Lord Ajunta Pall used a Sith War Sword to kill the former Sith King by decapitation.