I was just looking over stuff for that fan project I'm working on you know, looking in to whip designs and just aesthetic of CV Game by game, and other media. But then I came across this.
(https://i.imgur.com/5S7NVtq.png)
The long black part seems to be flexible, and it reminds of this,
(https://i.imgur.com/YF9slif.jpg)
The handle forms in to a long stork as it reaches the thong of the whip. That stork looks similar to the top of Richter's whip. And as we know the Vampire Killer can go from leather to chain, its sort of like a call back to its old self.
And thats cool cos when they were making Rondo of blood, it was like they were saying "Hey lets make the top Leather so its like a call back to its roots"
And i wonder if IGA picked that sort of whip (to me its always looked like a stockwhip in this game, and that ties nicly to older artwork of the whip)
But like I said I think he picked it cos it too resembled the top of the whip seen in RoB and again another called back.
And I know that artwork from RoB has it looking hard like its made of steel, but you can never really go by the artwork.
As Juste is seen holding a Leather whip in most of the artworks. When infect in game its clearly a chain whip. So one can't really read to much in to Artwork and what not.
It also reminded me of these bullwhips too,
https://i.imgur.com/AcUj3RP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/MFni54O.png
and that style of bullwhip could have been what inspired the RoB team to make the top of the whip.
But yeah just wnated to share that, as i thought it was cool.