Creating a symmetric design from a hand-drawn base

Hi Everyone! I'd really appreciate if anyone can lend some of their knowledge to help me out - happily using illustrator for bits and pieces but am puzzled with a challenge. I have designed a logo for a company rebrand which they are really happy with; the only thing is that one aspect of the logo is a kind of 'swirl stroke' (see here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152942325330722&set=gm.376755052425546&type=1&th eater ) which I had hand-drawn and modified in Illustrator. They would like this aspect of the logo to appear less hand-drawn, and be as symmetric and clean as possible (ie. in no way hand-drawn). Could anyone give me some pointers on the best way to go about achieving this? How would you do it?
Many thanks for reading,
Matt

One possible solution could be:
- Draw the top and bottom bezier lines with the pen tool
- Then select both and use the "Object -> Blend -> Blend Options -> Specified Steps"
- Then "Object -> Blend -> Make"
- You can then "Object -> Expand -> Object" for separate lines if needed.
- Then do other other things like add a "Variable Width Profile" to the lines, etc.
Maybe it will help your efforts, others may suggest alternatives as well.
EDIT: you already have suggestions on the page you posted your example.

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