Is the Iron Throne actually the Valyrian Steel Throne ?

[Gneisenau]

The swords on the IT were heated with fire from a dragon called Balerion. VS is also made with dragonfire. So could it be possible that Iron Throne is actually the Valyrian Steel Throne. Valyrian Steel doesn't rust or loose it edge, so that explains why people 300 years later still get cut from it and how there is no rust on the Iron Throne.

[RoamingRonin]

Nope because Valyrian steel has a distinct look and no one ever describes the Iron Throne like they do Valyrian steel. The Iron Throne looks like crap.

[MyLittleFinger]

If the story is to be believed he took the swords of his foes and melted them down. I doubt they would try to melt down prime Valyrion steel swords even if it would make a big striking effect. Maybe they have some WD40 in the back?

[TheNinjaDC]

The real Iron throne as GRRM imagined it is a mountain of swords. There is no where near that many valyrain steel swords. If any where found they would be either returned or repackaged as they are far too valuable to be wasted on a chair.

[Trogdor Targaryen]

I think that what the OP is suggesting is that when the swords were melted together in Balerions dragonfire that the particular conditions created a valyrian steel like effect to the blades of the throne.

[Duke-of-Kaisa]

Interesting theory though that in binding the swords into the throne, Balerion might have changed them to the equivalent of Valyrian steel. I also think there were spells using in Hotene forging of the throne, spells to prevent any future monarch from sitting too comfortably on it. I suppose I'm liking the iron throne to the Wall, in that the Wall protects itself, and it can be seen that the Iron throne does - constantly cutting King Aerys, cutting Joffrey and Cersei dreaming of being cut up on the iron throne... Might get back with the quotes for those points later... So I kind of do think that essentially the iron throne may be equal to Valyrian steel in the use of dragon fire to forge it and the ( possible spells used to bind it.)

Would be interesting if it was melted down and reforged and the resulting swords were used in the fight against the others...

[Duke-of-Kaisa]

Hahaha Trodgor Targaryen! You jinxed me! Don't know how to do the cool emoticons, but cheers!

[Trogdor Targaryen]

Interesting theory though that in binding the swords into the throne, Balerion might have changed them to the equivalent of Valyrian steel. I also think there were spells using in Hotene forging of the throne, spells to prevent any future monarch from sitting too comfortably on it. I suppose I'm liking the iron throne to the Wall, in that the Wall protects itself, and it can be seen that the Iron throne does - constantly cutting King Aerys, cutting Joffrey and Cersei dreaming of being cut up on the iron throne... Might get back with the quotes for those points later... So I kind of do think that essentially the iron throne may be equal to Valyrian steel in the use of dragon fire to forge it and the ( possible spells used to bind it.)

Would be interesting if it was melted down and reforged and the resulting swords were used in the fight against the others...

I read a theory at one point that claimed to think that "Dragon steel" was like Valyrian steel but forged with an ice dragon instead of a standard fire dragon. I think that concept is absolutely ludicrous, but what you just said makes me think that the wall could have been created by an Ice dragon. This of course would imply that the Starks, or at least Brandon the Builder, had ice dragons of their own back in the day.

I'm sure that concept is also insane, but I have always believed that there was some magical aspect of the origin of the wall, and dragons are certainly magical.