I use to make my own rosaries, but not in a few years. My last rosary broke due to years of usage and I didn't have my pliers so I needed a replacement fast. I got this one because it was pretty, but upon further inspection on its arrival, I was more then pleased. It is not just beautiful, the beads have nice weight to them which is important to me. The eye pins holding the beads are perfectly measured to match each other. The chain is perfectly measured so when holding it upright it matches up See full review