You really don’t need much to get started with 
pen and ink. You can start with a normal ball point pen and a piece of paper that you have lying around the house. Of course, normal household pens and plain old paper will not be as rewarding as a professional 
pen & ink set, but at least you can get started right away.
Here are some suggestions for popular pens to check out once you are ready to buy:
Rotring Rapidograph Pen
Rotring Sketching Art Pen
Here are some suggestions for your pen and ink paper:
Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Paper
Bienfang Raritan Heavyweight Drawing Paper 18 in. x 24 in. pad of 30
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mysketch on Tue, 22nd Sep 2009 10:22 am
for finishing I always use staedler marsmatic lumograph, sometimes I use a regular pen and ink china
Wayne Tully on Mon, 5th Jul 2010 7:15 am
I’ve heard some great things from professional artists about the Rotring Rapidograph pen as it’s great for inking, I use the super cheapo gel ink pens which sometimes clog, so I may upgrade to this one based on your recommendation.
Cheers now.
I do buy the Strathmore sketchpads from Amazon and they are of great quality, especially for pen and ink work.
john on Mon, 14th Mar 2011 10:21 am
Rotring is my favorite brand of pens but the Rapidograph is too much for me. I prefer the standard Rotring Art Pen with the calligraphy nub on the end. You should give that a try, it is very reasonably priced and it is one great pen!