Would be pretty convenient if it was, as steel is mostly iron. I believe it was obsidian , however.
Yup, sure was. I’m just reading about the Black’s march back to the Wall and steel sure didn’t do anything against the Others. And fire works best against the Wights
September 2010, then. Hope I’m proven wrong when it comes out two weeks from now. 
Put me down for May 2010. I think he’s going to miss the deadline to have it out by September of this year, but I’m hoping he won’t miss it by THAT much.