Came across this tool the other day and thought I would share it as I find it very useful to get consistent strokes and clean tapers while still having only a single path that is easily edited.

Don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions and leave suggestions for future videos.
Great resource for help and advice and all things pony vectors: http://www.reddit.com/r/MLPvectors

Inkscape download page: http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en