Brush to Pencil

I've sketched a lot of drawings using the paint brush tool and need my drawing to be done with the pencil tool. Can I change the stroke somehow without having to redraw all the sketches?
Need your help, please!

You are welcome, h.
As far as I know there is no (way to tell any) difference between a path drawn with the Pencil Tool and the reduced appearance of the Artbrush Tool. You can look in the Appearance palette and in the Document Info palette, and compare with the unreduced Artbrush Tool.
I hope you will report your findings.

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Re: PLEASE PLEASE adobe. The new pencil tool has become unusuble to me
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thanks to Daniel for setting this up:
hey all, if you are going to file a bug report (as per Neeraj's suggestion), i've made up a draft to make the process easier. feel free to adjust it as much as you want, obviously; trying to equip us busy folk.
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https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
******BUG******
Concise problem statement:
I was told to by Neeraj N(staff) to report this issue based on this link : (http://forums.adobe.com/message/6065706).
The Pencil / Brush tools have lost essential functionality with the addition of the new accurate / smooth adjustment preset. Users are no longer able to specify high-accuracy pen mapping, as the finest accuracy setting is now set to 2.5px (legacy versions allowed accuracy to .5px).
I would think adding additional slider nodes to allow more accurate mapping (while still using the accurate / smooth preset) allow for a minimal change in programming with a maximum return for power users.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. open illustrator
2. use either pencil or brush tool.
3. draw erratic and high detail shapes
Results: shapes are smoothed to 2.5px smoothness, even when the accurate / smooth adjustment preset is set to full accuracy.
Expected results: shapes have minimal / no smoothing to maintain the integrity of the artwork.
Thank you for your consideration.

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