Sword hilt hand guard for Sharpie caps

A friend asked me to print him the Boromir pen holder for Gondor. When I printed it and filled it with Sharpies (what he was planning) I couldn't help but think it would be better if the Sharpies looked more like swords.

Okay stop - I now know that Boromir was filled with arrows and not swords, but I haven't seen the movie in a while and forgot that little detail. 

So I searched for "Sharpie" and the very first hit was the gorgeous Sharpie Hilt - Pen is Mightier than the Sword - which is just perfect. Now mind you, I missed that this goes over the stock Sharpie cap (read the instructions, kids!) so was confused when it didn't fit, but I got there in the end. Only thing is it required supports, which led me to the second source - Fancy Sharpie Pen Sword Cap - which is a remix of the first, but dropped the hand guard to the bed to alleviate the need for supports. 

When I realized that both just went over the stock Sharpie cap, and wouldn't stay in place unless I glued them or something, I thought maybe I could just make the hand guard and leave it on the stock cap and have something that looks... swordish. It also has the added benefit of making the cap and pen far less convenient to use, so there's that.

Prints super easy, should be a good press fit on the Sharpie cap (adjust X/Y scale if your printer doesn't get there, it's good on mine) and then you've got a swordish looking Sharpie for your movie-incorrect Boromir filled with swords. I thought about making arrow feathers for a Sharpie, but I've sunk enough time into this silly project for today, I think.

Note that the original source shows up twice in the photos - once compared to this thing and once in poor ol' Boromir. As you can see, if you really want your Sharpie to look like a sword, go with that one instead.