Rosario de Combate Fuerte de San José™

I have bought over five of these beautiful rosaries. I have given some away. I was going to buy another two tonight, but now they have gone out of my price range. I started buying these rosaries when they were around $25.00 each. I will not deny their strength. They can take abuse. Just noticed that said rosary comes with other items. Wish they would offer just the rosary alone as an option.

Excellent well made Rosary.

I purchased the St. Joseph Strong Combat Rosary (Gun Metal).Pros: It is beautiful and made of a durable material. Cons: The Miraculous Medal uses the 6-pointed star when the original has the 5-pointed star. With daily use, the Gun Metal color fades and ends up copper-colored. It was worn daily for a month and lost color. I am concerned that it does not state what type of paint or stain was used. There are lead-based paints that could be harmful to human contact. I would have given it 5 stars, but because it lost its color so quickly, I can only give it 2 stars.

My 14 year old grandson mentioned that he wanted a sturdy rosary and a St. Michael Chaplet. I remembered Fr. Heilman’s combat rosary. And was pleased to see you also carry the Chaplet. The leather pouches were a bonus,, especially for an active teenage boy. He has a particular devotion to St Joseph, so the St Joseph medal was perfect. The rosaries are sturdy but still beautiful. He liked them so much, I ordered another for my 11 year old grandson, along with thr Spiritual Ammo tin, which he loves.

Yes thats right. I have had my St. Joseph Strong Rosary Beads in colour silver (not sterling silver plated to be specific) for 3 years now and I am overall very happy with them. While I considered some of the paracord Rosaries out there, but while handsome they are not practical and not maintenance free, imo. These Rosaries are portable, wearable, classic and durable. I chose them as they are Official Swiss Guard Issue, and that the crucifix and medals are all made in Italy and are in Latin (except the crucifix is in English, but can be found in Latin also).

I am about to purchase my 3rd pair in the Swiss Guard issue gunmetal colour as I have heard it is breathtaking, masculine and because subdued colours are in at the moment (my second was the standard military Rosary in antique bronze, I gifted to a family memeber). But these original silver ones will always be my favourite as they are classic and beautiful; and I was lucky to meet our Parish Bishop who blessed them for me. I looked at many crucifixes and Rosaries. The detail on this 1906 pardon crucifix is incredible - it is the best and most realistic you will find imo and it is made in Italy. I looked at it under a loup and you can see the corpus has hair, crown of thorns and body muscles; and is 3D in nature. The head sits to the side and the arms are realistically extended. This particular Crucifix is also 2 piece, many are oen piece to save money and you lose 3D symetry. In other words they make to corpus, then they pin it to the cross. Is also has a foot step, where many do not, not to mention the aformentioned details. I have heard the Italian plating on the Zamac metal is among the best there is and will last for decades. I believe it. The crucifix has not lost any of its shine despite regular handing and has never been cleaned!

The only negative I can mention in the jump ring connecting the Crucifix to the bead loup begin to split/ separate which although it had not could see the crucifix come off. I am seeking to replace all the jump rings possibly with thicker jump rings and I may use titanium ones.

I found the service from RCG to be generous, prompt and communication is efficient and good too.