Prince Rupert's Drops really only break if the tail gets broken.
It would take an insanely strong force to break the head of a drop.
And I really do mean INSANELY STRONG. People have put these things under industrial compressors and it hasn't worked.
It's more likely that the vibrations from impact travelled down the drop and shattered the incredibly fragile tail, bringing down the rest of the drop with it.
It would take an insanely strong force to break the head of a drop.
And I really do mean INSANELY STRONG. People have put these things under industrial compressors and it hasn't worked.