no, technically speaking (which in this case is an oxymoron@Jamie
That's kinda like a longbow design, but would that be considered a "self bow"?
Good looking bow!
), a true self bow is made from a single stave of wood with no backing material. This bow is a bamboo backed osage deflex/reflex flatbow. the osage used is board stock, i.e., dimensioned lumber. In truth, a bow like mine that is well made will perform on par with similarly designed glass longbows.